University of Pittsburgh

Perfetti, Charles

University Professor of Psychology; Director, Learning Research and Development Center
PhD, University of Michigan
Cognitive Program, Cognitive Neuroscience Concentration Program

Contact

644 LRDC
412-624-7071
Fax: 412-624-9149
perfetti@pitt.edu
http://www.pitt.edu/~perfetti/Charles-Perfetti.htm

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Research Interests: Language and reading processes, including word reading, comprehension, reading skill, word learning, and causes of reading problems. Writing system differences in reading and learning to read. Behavioral and cognitive neuroscience methods (especially ERP).

Accepting Graduate Students: Yes

Selected Publications

  • Perfetti, C. A., Liu, Y., Fiez, J., & Tan, L-H. (in press). The neural bases of reading: The accommodation of the brain’s reading network to writing systems. In P. Cornelissen, M. Kringelbach, & P. Hansen (Eds.), The neural basis of reading. Oxford University Press. (Abstract-pdf)
  • Perfetti, C.A., Landi, N., & Oakhill, J. (2005). The acquisition of reading comprehension skill. In M.J. Snowling and C. Hulme (Eds.), The Science of Reading: A Handbook (pp.227-247). Oxford: Blackwell. (Abstract-pdf)
  • Perfetti, C. A., Wlotko, E. W., & Hart, L. A. (2005). Word learning and individual differences in word learning reflected in Event-Related Potentials. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition, 31(6), 1281-1292. (Abstract-pdf)
  • Yang, C. L., Perfetti, C. A., & Schmalhofer, F. (2005). Less skilled comprehenders’ ERPs show sluggish word-to-text integration processes. Written Language & Literacy, 8(2), 233-257. (Abstract-pdf)

Honors and Awards

  • Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award, Society for the Scientific Study of Reading. (2004)
  • Chancellor's Distinguished Research Award (2000)

Labs

Graduate Student Advisees

  • Dunlap, Susan
  • Harris, Lindsay
  • Nelson, Jessica
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