title: Letters rhyme: electrophysiological evidence from children and adults.
abstract: Event-related potentials (ERPs) and behavioral accuracy judgments were recorded in a letter name rhyming paradigm (e.g., A-J versus A-B) with 6- to 8-year-old beginning readers and adults. A typical N450 rhyming effect was evident for both children and adults, with few differences in mean amplitude or peak latency between groups. The size and timing of the electrophysiological effect were not correlated with standardized measures of phonological or reading ability, but accuracy in the ERP task was. Single letters elicit a similar ERP rhyming effect in young children and adults, suggesting the early establishment of neurocognitive systems used in the rhyme task.
authors.affiliation: Department of Education, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, USA. Donna.Coch@Dartmouth.edu
authors.forename: Donna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Coch
authors.forename: Priya
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mitra
authors.forename: Elyse
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: George
authors.forename: Natalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Berger
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001931:Brain Mapping; D002648:Child; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000379:methods; D005074:Evoked Potentials, Visual / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005556:Form Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D011578:Psycholinguistics; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology; D014825:Vocabulary; D055815:Young Adult