Effect of reading on rapid automatized naming in dyslexia and non- dyslexia groups

Pages: 67-68
Archana (Department of Psychology, Singhania University, Pacheri, Rajasthan)

The current study is a controlled manipulation of the main processing requirements involved in continuous versions of the task that influence dyslexic and non-dyslexic readers’ naming speeds. Continuous formats are the original formats used by Denckla and Rudel (1976a, b). In this format, items are presented in a 10 x 5 matrix, and the participant is required to name the items from left to right as quickly as possible, starting with the top lefthand letter and finishing with the bottom right-hand letter. The discrete format involves individual presentation of RAN items in a constant location. It therefore represents a less complex task, in which visual processing and retrieval of only a single item is required. Using this format, it is therefore possible to remove extraneous processing requirements involved in the continuous RAN, such as visual scanning and sequencing of multiple items (Wolf, 1991, p.128). Advocates of continuous formats argue, however, that it is precisely these additional processes that make RAN a consistent predictor of reading fluency.