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Multimedia Links

• Video: several ways in which translating from hearing to reading is tricky, including phonemic awareness
• Video: Example of using ERPs to investigate reading
• Video: writing and its cognitive power
• Video: types of writing systems. The Virtual Linguistics Campus.
• Video: an example of a speed reading applet using rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP) with the Sprint Reader Chrome extension; another one from Spritz – click on Watch the video. Don’t be fooled, though – speed does not equal accuracy. Anyone else start to go cross-eyed?
• Audio: the importance of rhythm for speech and reading. Scientific American.