Charles Perfetti, Ph.D.
Charles Perfetti, Ph.D., Director, Learning Research and Development
Center, University of Pittsburgh, 3939 O’Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15260.
Dr. Perfetti’s central research interest is in the cognitive science of language
and reading processes, including lower- and higher-level processes
and the nature of reading ability. His current research program addresses
several related issues, including the nature of reading skill, the role of word
knowledge in comprehension, comparative studies of reading across writing
systems, and second-language learning, including studies of adults
and children and using behavioral, electrophysiological, and functional
magnetic resonance imaging methods.