The book is dedicated to the blessed memory of Prof. Zvia Breznitz whose groundbreaking
research has made a tremendous impact on the understanding of fluency in reading. The book
presents a multidimensional perspective of recent research and reviews on fluency in reading.
The first part presents recent brain-imaging findings from studies into the neurobiological
basis of reading as well as cognitive and language studies exploring the underlying factors of
fluency in reading and its development. The second part comprises reviews of intervention
studies that address reading ability and in particular fluency in reading. The book provides
a unique multilingual perspective on reading research by including studies of readers of
different orthographies and speakers of different languages. Both scientists exploring the
different aspects of reading and language and clinicians of reading intervention will find
this book not only of great interest but extremely useful in its clear and in-depth
presentation of current reading research.
