title: Rapid sequential processing in dyslexic and ordinary readers.
abstract: 42 dyslexic and 42 ordinary readers were given a rapid sequential short-term memory task using materials adapted from the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities Visual Sequential Memory subset. Dyslexic readers performed at a similar level to ordinary readers. In Study 2, the same readers were given a 10-piece form board to complete as quickly as possible. Dyslexic readers were significantly slower on this task. Since short-term memory was not a feature of the second task, it was reasoned that short-term memory problems were unlikely to be a feature of dyslexic's performances on rapid sequential processing tasks.
authors.affiliation: County Psychological Service Cheshire County Council, Northwich, England.
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Bell
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001288:Attention; D002648:Child; D004410:Dyslexia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D011930:Reaction Time; D012691:Serial Learning