弗兰克·史密斯是世界知名认知心理学家和语言学家,他在哈佛大学开展一系列关于阅读过程中生理现象研究开创了阅读理论研究新视野。他是现代心理语言学运用于阅读指导的重要开拓者之一。《理解性阅读》是一本主要面向阅读教师的理论著作,作者为每一章都提供了一个小结,该文为第五章编译所得,主要介绍阅读过程中眼睛和大脑的互动关系。 Frank Smith, a world-renowned cognitive psychologist and linguist, pioneered a new field of reading theory at Harvard University with a series of studies on the physiological phenomena in reading. He is one of the important pioneers in the use of modern psycholinguistics in reading instruction. “Understanding Reading” is a theoretical work mainly for reading teachers. The author provides a summary for each chapter, which is the fifth chapter of the compilation. It mainly talks about the interaction between the eyes and the brain during reading.