Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jun 8, 2026

Interaction between Phonological and Semantic Processes in Visual Word Recognition using Electrophysiology
Published on: June 29, 2021
The relationship between phonological processing skills and word and nonword identification performance in children
Justin C Wise1, Rose A Sevcik, Maryann Romski
1Department of Psychology, P.O. Box 5010, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302, USA. psyjcwx@langate.gsu.edu
Abstract:
Word and nonword identification skills were examined in a sample of 80 elementary school age students with mild intellectual disabilities and mixed etiologies who were described as struggling to learn to read by their teachers. Performance on measures of receptive and expressive vocabulary, measures of phonological awareness, and measures of word and nonword identification were included for analyses. Hierarchical regression analyses indicated that, after controlling for chronological age and vocabulary knowledge, phonological processing accounted for a large and significant amount of unique variance of both word and nonword identification. In addition, the pattern of results found in this study is similar to that obtained with typically developing learners. As with typically developing children, measures of phonological awareness were significantly correlated with measures of both reading achievement and vocabulary knowledge.
Related Concept Videos
Intellectual Disability
Language and Cognition
Learning Disabilities
Dyslexia
Dyslexia is a...
Information Processing Approach

