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Joshi, R. Malatesha; Ji, Xuejun Ryan; Breznitz, Zvia; Amiel, Meirav; Yulia, Astri – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2015
The Simple View of Reading (SVR) in Hebrew was tested by administering decoding, listening comprehension, and reading comprehension measures to 1,002 students from Grades 2 to 10 in the northern part of Israel. Results from hierarchical regression analyses supported the SVR in Hebrew with decoding and listening comprehension measures explaining…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Reading Tests
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Horowitz-Kraus, Tzipi; Breznitz, Zvia – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2011
The activity level of the error monitoring system for processing isolated versus contextual words in Hebrew was studied in adults with dyslexia and skilled readers while committing reading errors. Behavioural measures and event-related potentials were measured during a lexical decision task using words in a list and sentences. Error-related…
Descriptors: Sentences, Dyslexia, Cognitive Processes, Error Patterns
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Meyler, Ann; Breznitz, Zvia – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 2005
The authors examined the processing of phonological and orthographic word representations among 17 dyslexic and 16 normal college-level readers using Event-Related Potential measures. They focused on 2 early components--the P200 and the P300. The results revealed P200 and P300 components of lower amplitude and later latency among dyslexic readers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Dyslexia, Short Term Memory, Word Recognition
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Miller-Shaul, Shelley; Breznitz, Zvia – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 2004
The authors examined the differences in performance between 30 dyslexic readers in 4th grade, 30 dyslexic readers attending university, and age-matched normal readers for both groups on a lexical decision task to evaluate the underlying factors of dyslexia that persist into adulthood. In both age groups, the dyslexic readers were significantly…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Skills, Performance Tests, Dyslexia