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ArticleJournal of cognition and development : official journal of the Cognitive Development Society2021

The Structure of Processing Speed in Children and its Impact on Reading.

Elyssa H Gerst, Paul T Cirino, Kelly T Macdonald, Jeremy Miciak, Hanako Yoshida, Steven P Woods, M Cullen Gibbs

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Article in Journal of cognition and development : official journal of the Cognitive Development Society, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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  6. Cerebellar Neuromodulation Impacts Reading Fluency in Young Adults.Neurobiology of language (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2024
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7 authors.

Elyssa H GerstChildren's Healthcare of Atlanta.
Paul T CirinoUniversity of Houston.
Kelly T MacdonaldUniversity of Houston.
Jeremy MiciakUniversity of Houston.
Hanako YoshidaUniversity of Houston.
Steven P WoodsUniversity of Houston.
M Cullen GibbsTIRR Memorial Hermann.

Funding

Texas Center for Learning DisabilitiesP50HD052117 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON · PI FLETCHER, JACK M · 2006 to 2023
$26.9M
Conceptual Precursors of Mathematical & Reading OutcomesR03HD050422 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON · PI CIRINO, PAUL T · 2007 to 2008
$148k
NICHD NIH HHS P50 HD052117NICHD NIH HHS R03 HD050422
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The present study had two aims. First, we set out to evaluate the structure of processing speed in children by comparing five alternative models: two conceptual models (a unitary model, a complexity model) and three methodological models (a stimulus material model, an output response model, and a timing modality model). Second, we then used the resulting models to predict multiple types of reading, a highly important developmental outcome, using other well-known predictors as covariates. Participants were 844 children enrolled in third through fifth grade in urban public elementary schools who received 16 measures of processing speed that varied in the above dimensions. A two-factor complexity model that differentiated between simple and complex processing speed was the preferred model and fit the data well. Both types of PS predicted reading fluency, and complex (but not simple) PS predicted single word reading and comprehension. Results offer insight to the structure of processing speed, its relation to closely related concepts (such as executive function), and provide nuance to the understanding of the way processing speed influences reading.

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ChildrenLiteracyProcessing Speed

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PMID33519305
PMCPMC7839965

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