Essays on Fixations

When taking the first steps towards learning to read, one should excel in two primary kinds of processes: the lexical processes, which will be further discussed in this presentation, and comprehension processes.

The Lexical Process

When trying to identify words and letters and then retrieve them back from our memory, which is what lexical process is all about, the eye-movement fixations provide a great way for further insight. According to Pollastek and Rayner (1989), our eyes make rapid movements, instead of going along each line and page. We could say that our eyes take quick snapshots of each content we read and stay ...

Sigmund Freud, commonly known as the father of psychoanalysis, was one of the most famous thinkers of the Twentieth Century. The importance he gave to those maladies that modern medicine could not cure embarked him on a path that allowed him to propose a new way of dealing with human suffering. While many people have criticized his theories, almost to the point where nobody actually practices psychoanalysis the way Freud intended, his thought remains a milestone in psychological studies and Western civilization in general. Due to these deformations, only texts by Freud will be used, with the purpose of studying what the ...

Dyslexia refers specifically to learning disabilities encountered in reading. It may at times be characterized by difficulties that occur in recognizing, decoding and spelling words correctly. Due to these challenges brought forth by the disorder, there may be problems caused with reading comprehension and slowed down vocabulary growth. In addition to the outcomes brought about by the disorder, dyslexia may lead to poor fluent loudly out reading. It is thus considered a neurological disorder. It offers hindrance to aspects involved in the learning process such as reading, writing, and spelling and to some extent speaking. The neurological disorder affects the ...