title: No reason to expect "reading universals".
abstract: Writing systems encode linguistic information in diverse ways, relying on cognitive procedures that are likely to be general purpose rather than specific to reading. Optimality in reading for meaning is achieved via the entire communicative act, involving, when the need arises, syntax, nonlinguistic context, and selective attention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, The Hebrew University, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem 91905, Israel. yonatalvey@gmail.com
authors.forename: Yonata
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Levy
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008959:Models, Neurological; D011932:Reading; D021641:Recognition, Psychology / Q000502:physiology*; D012660:Semantics