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A study of factors underlying the performance of rapid automatized naming (RAN) of Chinese dyslexic children.

Ng, Kwun Kei. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 74-85). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract (English) --- p.i / Abstract (Chinese) --- p.iii / Acknowledgement --- p.iv / Table of Contents --- p.vi / List of Tables --- p.viii / List of Figures --- p.ix / Chapter Chapter 1: --- Introduction --- p.1 / Rapid Naming in Chinese Dyslexic Children: A Glimpse --- p.1 / What is Rapid Naming --- p.2 / Processing Speed Deficit and RAN Deficit in Chinese Dyslexia --- p.5 / Consequence of Processing Speed Deficit: Automaticity --- p.12 / Automaticity and Attention --- p.16 / Discriminative Power of RAN Tasks --- p.19 / Object Rapid Naming --- p.19 / Letter Rapid Naming --- p.21 / Digit Rapid --- p.23 / Adopting ERP and Oddball Task to Investigate RAN Tasks --- p.25 / High-temporal-resolution Electrophysiological Signals --- p.25 / The Oddball Task --- p.26 / The ERPs --- p.28 / Current Study --- p.39 / Chapter Chapter 2: --- Method --- p.41 / Participants --- p.41 / Procedure --- p.41 / Oddball Stimulus Classification Tasks --- p.42 / The RAN Tasks --- p.44 / The Hong Kong Test of Specific Learning Difficulties in Reading and Writing --- p.44 / Chinese Phonology Segmental Test --- p.44 / Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices --- p.45 / Chapter Chapter 3: --- Results --- p.47 / Behavioural Results --- p.47 / ERP Results --- p.55 / Chapter Chapter 4: --- Discussion --- p.59 / Digit Naming and Digit Oddball in Chinese Dyslexia --- p.59 / Letter RAN --- p.63 / Oddball RTs and Response Execution --- p.65 / Limitations and Future Directions: The Issue of Task Demands and the Multiple Deficits Hypothesis --- p.66 / References --- p.74 / Appendix A: ERP Grand Average for the Object Oddball Task --- p.86 / Appendix B: ERP Grand Average for the Letter Oddball Task --- p.87 / Appendix C: ERP Grand Average for the Digit Oddball Task --- p.88

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_325957
Date January 2007
ContributorsNg, Kwun Kei., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Psychology.
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish, Chinese
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, ix, 88 leaves : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm.
RightsUse of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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