The present study investigated the relative importance of verbal memory, rapid naming, receptive language and phonological awareness for Turkish children from low-versus middle and high-socio economic status (SES) backgrounds. A total of 132 kindergarten children were assessed on verbal memory, rapid naming, receptive language and phonological…

This study investigated endogenous and exogenous predictors of early literacy in Turkish-speaking children. Whether children's language and working memory performances (as the endogenous factors) and home literacy environment (as the exogenous factor) in the beginning of kindergarten predict the children's current and year-end early literacy…

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine cognitive flexibility for semantic and perceptual information in preschool children who stutter (CWS) and who do not stutter (CWNS). Method: Participants were 44 CWS and 44 CWNS between the ages of 3;0 and 5;11 (years;months). Cognitive flexibility was measured using semantic and perceptual…