Advances in neuroscience and psycholinguistic studies have contributed to a better understanding of relevant processes envolved in an efficient reading. Nevertheless, clinic professionals not always have access to this information in a systematic way. Reading development, assessment and intervention have been widely influenced by scientific evidence, bringing together a necessary link between theory and speech-language pathology practice. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to gather relevant information towards the understanding of reading processing, especially regarding the development of reading fluency, through a critical literary review in this area.
Reading; Comprehension; Handwriting; Mental processes