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Rapid automatized naming in a developmental perspective between ages 4 and 10
Author(s) -
Åvall Malena,
Wolff Ulrika,
Gustafsson JanEric
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
dyslexia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.694
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1099-0909
pISSN - 1076-9242
DOI - 10.1002/dys.1631
Subject(s) - ran , rapid automatized naming , psychology , alphanumeric , reading (process) , perspective (graphical) , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology , phonological awareness , linguistics , artificial intelligence , computer science , literacy , computer network , pedagogy , philosophy , programming language
During the last decades, rapid automatized naming (RAN) has been widely examined as a predictor of reading ability, but very few studies have examined the development of RAN itself. The present study followed children from ages 4 until 10, focusing on RAN performance in a developmental perspective. Relations within and between alphanumeric and nonalphanumeric RAN were investigated both concurrently and over time. The result shows that individual differences in RAN objects are stable between ages 4 and 10, with the most rapid growth of mean performance between ages 4 and 6. Early performance on RAN objects predicts both performance on RAN digits and RAN letters at age 8 and the further development between ages 8 and 10. Further, low‐performing children at age 4 develop their performance on RAN digits and RAN letters later compared with high‐performing children, and RAN digits performance reaches a plateau earlier than RAN letters performance.