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Taking in the meaning of letters or symbols
Reading is the process of taking in the sense or meaning of the symbols of written language, by means of sight . The ability to read is called literacy. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: ReadingA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Artificial intelligence-supported screen reading versus standard double reading in the Mammography Screening with Artificial Intelligence trial (MASAI): a clinical safety analysis of a randomised, controlled, non-inferiority, single-blinded, screening accuracy studyInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Fahrenheit 451The most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Eye movements in reading and information processing: 20 years of research.Cited 5,787 times
- Go sideways: Whole languageA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Teaching readingA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Verb present participle and gerund of read
Noun The process of interpreting written language.
Noun The process of interpreting a symbol, a sign or a measuring device.
Noun An interpretation.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Eye movements in reading and information processing: 20 years of research.
The “Reading the Mind in the Eyes” Test Revised Version: A Study with Normal Adults, and Adults with Asperger Syndrome or High‐functioning Autism
Individual differences in working memory and reading
Reading Mendelian randomisation studies: a guide, glossary, and checklist for clinicians
Reading Senseless Sentences: Brain Potentials Reflect Semantic Incongruity
DRC: A dual route cascaded model of visual word recognition and reading aloud.
Matthew Effects in Reading: Some Consequences of Individual Differences in the Acquisition of Literacy
Decoding, Reading, and Reading Disability
🆕 Influential since 2022
Artificial intelligence-supported screen reading versus standard double reading in the Mammography Screening with Artificial Intelligence trial (MASAI): a clinical safety analysis of a randomised, controlled, non-inferiority, single-blinded, screening accuracy study
Standardized annotation of translated open reading frames
The dark proteome: translation from noncanonical open reading frames
An analysis of children’ interaction with an AI chatbot and its impact on their interest in reading
Evolutionary origins and interactomes of human, young microproteins and small peptides translated from short open reading frames
📚 Books worth reading
Fahrenheit 451Ray Bradbury · 1953
Jonathan Livingston Le GoelandRichard Bach · 1970
ItStephen King · 1986
Cannery RowJohn Steinbeck · 1945
The GunslingerStephen King · 1976
Childhood’s EndArthur C. Clarke · 1952
Flowers for AlgernonDaniel Keyes · 1966
DragonflightAnne McCaffrey · 1968
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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