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Sequential Processing

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Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology

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Successive processing

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Sequential processing refers to the mental process of integrating and understanding stimuli in a particular, serial order. Both the perception of stimuli in sequence and the subsequent production of information in a specific arrangement fall under successive processing. The consecutive organization of stimuli is based upon the lack of relationship between separate stimuli, but the interdependence of each stimulus is unidirectional toward the preceding stimuli in the sequence, thus forming a chain-like progression. Thus, information can only be comprehended in a temporal, sequential manner, with each piece being dependent on the preceding element.

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Successive processing is used to accomplish tasks where the focus is on the sequential or temporal order of information. Therefore, it is essential to early reading development, including phonological skills and decoding. Readers need to be able to identify and sound out letters in...

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  1. Department of Psychology-0234, California State University, 400 West First Street, 95928-9924, Chico, CA, USA

    Leesa V. Huang

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  1. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Professor of Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry Virginia Commonwealth University – Medical Center Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, VCU, 980542, Richmond, Virginia, 23298-0542, USA

    Jeffrey S. Kreutzer

  2. Kessler Foundation Research Center, 1199 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, NJ, 07052, USA

    John DeLuca

  3. Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Neurology and Neuroscience, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey – New Jersey Medical School, New Jersey, USA

    John DeLuca

  4. Independent Practice, 564 M.O.B. East, 100 E. Lancaster Ave., Wynnewood, PA, 19096, USA

    Bruce Caplan

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Huang, L.V. (2011). Sequential Processing. In: Kreutzer, J.S., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-79948-3_1491

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