TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1999//
TI  - Visual and auditory temporal processing, cross-modal transfer, and reading
JO  - Journal of learning disabilities (Thousand Oaks)
A1  - Rose, S. A.
A1  - Feldman, J. F.
A1  - Jankowski, J. J.
A1  - Futterweit, L. R.
SP  - 256
EP  - 266
VL  - 32
IS  - 3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-2194
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -