@article{ref1,
title="Visual and auditory temporal processing, cross-modal transfer, and reading",
journal="Journal of learning disabilities (Thousand Oaks)",
year="1999",
author="Rose, S. A. and Feldman, J. F. and Jankowski, J. J. and Futterweit, L. R.",
volume="32",
number="3",
pages="256-266",
abstract="The present study reexamined the relevance of auditory and visual cross-modal matching to reading ability, an issue first addressed in a seminal study by Birch and Belmont (1964). By presenting all patterns to be matched as temporal sequences of tones and lights, including intramodal as well as cross-modal conditions, and covarying memory, three problems with the Birch and Belmont design were corrected. Results showed that poor readers had difficulty in perceiving temporal patterns generally: They did worse than good readers not only on cross-modal conditions but also on intramodal ones. These results were replicated in two tasks. Nonetheless, hierarchical regressions provided some indication that cross-modal abilities themselves are relevant to reading. For one of the two tasks, cross-modal performance contributed to the prediction of reading ability over and above intramodal performance. Poor readers also showed slower response times--a factor that contributed marginally to the prediction of reading independent of temporal processing.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-2194",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}