Literacy has many obvious benefits: it exposes the reader to a wealth of new information and
enhances syntactic knowledge. However, we argue that literacy has an additional, often …

Abstract Language comprehenders can use syntactic cues to generate predictions online
about upcoming language. Previous research with reading-impaired adults and healthy, low …

In the present paper, we describe the Enhanced Literate Mind (ELM) hypothesis. As
individuals learn to read and write, they are, from then on, exposed to extensive written …

We investigated prediction skills of adult heritage speakers and the role of written and
spoken language experience on predictive processing. Using visual world eye-tracking, we …

Written language, a human cultural invention, is far too recent a development for dedicated
neural infrastructure to have evolved in its service. Newly acquired cultural skills, such as …

“Book language” offers a richer linguistic experience than typical conversational speech in
terms of its syntactic properties. Here, we investigated the role of long-term syntactic …

There is a robust positive relationship between reading skills and the time to name aloud an
array of letters, digits, objects, or colors as quickly as possible. A convincing and complete …

Developmental Dyslexia (DD) is considered a multifactorial deficit. Among the
neurocognitive impairments identified in DD, it has been found that memory plays a …

We aimed at investigating whether formal schooling and literacy favor progress in verbal
serial-order short-term memory (STM). In Experiment 1, we presented children varying on …

Compared to most human language abilities, the cognitive mechanisms underlying spelling
have not been as intensively investigated as reading and therefore remain to this day less …