The effect of word length on lexical decision in dyslexic and normal reading children  

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Martens, Vanessa E.G. ; Jong, Peter F. de

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Brain and Language (Full Text) vol. 98 no. 2 (2006), page 140-149.
Topik: Dyslexia; Lexical decision; Word length; Reading
Fulltext: 98_02_Martens.pdf (164.52KB)

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In the present study, the effect of word length on lexical decision in dyslexic and normal reading children was investigated. Dyslexics of 10-years old, chronological age controls, and reading age controls read words and pseudowords consisting of 3 to 6 letters in a lexical decision task. Length effects were much stronger in dyslexics and reading age controls than in chronological age controls. These results support the contention that dyslexics continue to rely on a predominantly sub-lexical reading procedure, whereas for normal readers the contribution of a lexical reading procedure increases. The relevance of the findings for current computational models of reading is discussed.

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