Charles Perfetti, born in Detroit, Michigan, USA, in 1948. Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Professor of Psychology and Linguistics at the University of Pittsburgh.
Fellow (1 September 1987 – 31 July 1988)
I used my time, being a member of the study group on ‘Reading, word recognition and dyslexia’ doing research and writing in the area of the cognitive psychology of reading, which resulted in a book entitled Learning to read: Basic research and its implications.