Towards decoding the nature of word recognition A study reveals that orthographic and semantic neighbors—words sharing similar spelling and meaning—may influence reading speed and accuracy.

Analogy Strategies for Improving Word Recognition in Competent and Learning Disabled Readers. Diana E. Wolff, Peter Desberg and George Marsh. The Reading Teacher. Vol. 38, No. 4 (Jan., 1985), pp.

Reading specialists have often pitted phonics against holistic word recognition and whole language approaches in the war over how to teach children to read. However, a new study shows that the ...