Cognitive flexibility predicts early reading skills

Cognitive flexibility predicts early reading skills

An important aspect of learning to read is efficiency in accessing different kinds of linguistic information (orthographic, phonological, and semantic) about written words. The present study investigates whether, in addition to the integrity of such linguistic skills, early progress in reading may require a degree of cognitive flexibility in order to manage the coordination of this information ...

Early Precursors of Reading-Relevant Phonological Skills

Reading Skills

Reading Strategies and Cognitive Skills in Children with Cochlear Implants

The present study investigated working memory capacity, lexical access, phonological skills and reading ability in 6 children with cochlear implants (CI), attending grades 1-3. For each test measure, the individual performance of the children was compared to a grade-matched comparison group of children with normal hearing. Performance was also studied in relation to demographic factors. Cogniti...

Speech, language, and reading skills after early cochlear implantation.

OBJECTIVE To examine whether age at cochlear implantation or duration of implant use is associated with speech, language, and reading skills exhibited at age 8 to 9 years in children who underwent implantation by age 5 years. DESIGN Performance outcomes in speech perception, speech production, language, and reading were examined in terms of the age at which children first received a cochlear ...