tekstitaju
Tekstitaju, literally "text perception" in Finnish, is a term used in cognitive psychology and literacy studies to denote the perceptual and cognitive processes involved in recognizing, decoding, and understanding written language. It covers letter and word recognition, syntactic parsing, semantic integration, and the monitoring of comprehension, as well as higher-level strategies for navigating text, such as making inferences and predicting upcoming content.
The word tekstitaju combines teksti (text) and taju (perception or awareness). It is primarily used in Finnish-language
In research, tekstitaju is studied using methods from psycholinguistics and cognitive psychology, including reading tasks that
Applications of tekstitaju knowledge include literacy education, assessment and intervention for reading difficulties, and the design
Although the term is most common in Finnish discourse, it parallels international concepts such as text processing
See also: reading comprehension, lexical processing, eye-tracking, typography.