Talk:Psycholinguistics/Neural Bases of Lexical Access

The purpose of this discussion is to provide feedback for the author of this chapter to try and help them make it a better learning resource for others. In the introduction, the author clearly states the ideas that will be discussed in the chapter. Also, to grab the attention of the reader and make it interesting, they restated the thesis at the end of the paragraph giving a little more detail to give the reader a better idea of what to be expected in the chapter. In the restatement of the thesis, the author also shows a logical progression of ideas in his chapter from lexical access in the human brain to conditions and factors that affect lexical retrieval then using data to identify neural systems and brain areas related to lexical access. Overall, the author does an excellent job both at grabbing the reader`s attention and providing a rationale for the chapter. For the body of the chapter, the author also has a logical progression of ideas. The sources used in the chapter provide varied but relevant information that guides the reader through the chapter. I appreciate that the author explains the research they cite avoiding the temptation to give their own interpretation of the cited material. The reader is given enough details about the study to understand the results and not all the details of the research, which is sufficient for the purpose of the chapter. There is a smooth flow between paragraphs of the same section, but not much between the different sections themselves. It might help the reader if there was to see a more natural flow from a section the next. The writing style used by the author is professional and accurate. I did not notice any spelling or grammar mistakes. I noticed that the author does condense the ideas efficiently in short and easily understood sentences. All the sources were cited in the reference section. There seems to be a small issue of spacing in the reference section. In general, the author does an excellent job in the chapter and makes it easy for the reader to grasp the main ideas. One thing that I was concerned about is that the sections are big. It might benefit the reader if the author tried to divide the sections into subsections or different sections if relevant. Also, I would recommend having a conclusion paragraph at the end of the chapter but avoiding personal interpretations, which I do not thing will be hard for the author as they demonstrated their ability to do this in the rest of the chapter. Midas 20:14, 26 February 2011 (UTC)