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Jones, Manon W.; Obregon, Mateo; Kelly, M. Louise; Branigan, Holly P. – Cognition, 2008
The relationship between rapid automatized naming (RAN) and reading fluency is well documented (see Wolf, M. & Bowers, P.G. (1999). "The double-deficit hypothesis for the 'developmental dyslexias.'" "Journal of Educational Psychology," 91(3), 415-438, for a review), but little is known about which component processes are important in RAN, and why…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Reading Fluency, Phonology, Dyslexia
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Bosse, Marie-Line; Tainturier, Marie Josephe; Valdois, Sylviane – Cognition, 2007
The visual attention (VA) span is defined as the amount of distinct visual elements which can be processed in parallel in a multi-element array. Both recent empirical data and theoretical accounts suggest that a VA span deficit might contribute to developmental dyslexia, independently of a phonological disorder. In this study, this hypothesis was…
Descriptors: Developmental Delays, Attention, Attention Span, Dyslexia