Dual-Route and Connectionist Single-Route models of reading have been at odds over claims as to the correct explanation of the reading process. Recent Dual-Route models predict that subjects should show an increased naming latency for irregular words when the irregularity is earlier in the word (e.g. chef is slower than glow) - a prediction that has been confirmed in human experiments. Since this would appear to be an effect of the left-to-right reading process, Coltheart & Rastle (1994) claim that Single-Route parallel connectionist models cannot account for it. A refutation of this claim is presented here, consisting of network models which do show the interaction, along with orthographic neighborhood statistics that explain the effect. 1 Introduction A major component of the task of learning to read is the development of a mapping from orthography to phonology. In a complete model of reading, message understanding must play a role, but many psycholinguistic phenomena can be explain...

this paper cast doubts on the existence of reciprocal constraints between orthography and phonology at prelexical stages of processing. Although the absence of a clear FB consistency effect in French might be explained by crosslinguistic differences and task specific decision strategies, additional studies are needed to ascertain the validity and generality of the phenomenon