En este trabajo se revisan algunos aspectos de la metodología de la investigación experimental cognitiva. Tras un breve análisis de ciertas cuestiones acerca de los sujetos, aparatos y estímulos, se propone una taxonomía de veinte tareas experimentales, incluyendo procedimientos relacionados con las primeras etapas del procesamiento y otros implicados en las propiedades del procesador central. Estas tareas están especialmente dedicadas a evaluar tres dimensiones cognitivas en el aprendizaje de la lectura: las subhabilidades de los procesos de codificación, el estado de las rutas de acceso al léxico y las propiedades del sistema cognitivo (tales como la velocidad y la precisión de las estrategias de procesamiento).
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