Rapid naming speed components and reading development in a consistent orthography

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-17

  Georgiou, George K ^a   Papadopoulos, Timothy C ^b   Fella, Argyro ^b   Parrila, Rauno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Longitudinal; Orthographic consistency; Orthographic processing; Phonological awareness; Rapid automatized naming; Reading fluency; Speed of processing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATISM; AWARENESS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; READING;

AUTOMATISM; AWARENESS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; PHONETICS; REACTION TIME; READING;

EID: 84858152535     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2011.11.006     Document Type: Article

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