Reaction Time in Phonological Tests Predicts Reading Skills in Preschool Children

Еремичева Т. А., Дорофеева С. В.

Phonological processing (PP) skills are widely known as one of the most effective predictors of

reading acquisition (Wagner et al., 1994). Children with poor PP skills are more likely to face

reading difficulties. Thus, it is necessary to choose age-appropriate testing instruments that will

indicate the possible impairments as early as possible. Former researchers mostly estimated

the predictive power of accuracy in PP tests (Thompson et al., 2015). However, the reaction

time (RT) in phonological tests also can be considered as a significant reading predictor since it

indicates the differences in cognitive load during reading (Raney, 1993). Hence, we decided to

assess the RT in PP tests, words- and pseudowords reading skills in preschool children.

Ключевые слова: psycholinguistics, phonological processing

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12th Novi Sad workshop on Psycholinguistic, neurolinguistic and clinical linguistic research

Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad, 2025.