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The volume covers recent theories and findings on writing and spelling words. Understanding word production is fundamental to writing research as it allows understanding how words -the basic elements of written language- are stored in the writers' brain, and how words' and tasks' properties affect word retrieval.
About the author
Cyril Perret, Ph.D. (2007), Clermont-Ferrand University, is lecturer at the University of Poitiers, France. His research in experimental psychology investigates writing in adult writers. He analyses the cognitive processes involved in word writing and their dynamics with behavioral and neurophysiological (EEG) methods. Thierry Olive, Ph.D. (1999), University of Provence, is Senior Researcher at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France. His research in experimental psychology investigates the cognitive processes which are engaged for constructing a text, and during note taking. Contributors are: Olivian Afonso, Carlos Àlvares, Anna L. Barnett, Patrick Bonin, Vincent Connelley, Markus Damian, Michel Fayol, Silvain Gerber, Sonia Kandel, Alain Meot, Marion Nys, Ronald Peereman, Thierry Olive, Sébastien Pacton, Cyril Perret, Quingquing Qu, Brenda Rapp, Laurence Seraphin-Thibon, Marie-Josèphe Tainturier, Yannick Wamain.
