Alterations of procedural memory consolidation in children with developmental dyslexia

[Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported in Vol 35(2) of Neuropsychology (see record 2021-29488-002). In the article "Alterations of Procedural Memory Consolidation in Children With Developmental Dyslexia," by Martina Hedenius, Jarrad A. G. Lum, and Sven Bölte (Neuropsychology, 2021, Vol. 35, No. 2, pp. 185-196, https://doi.org/10.1037/neu0000708), three corrections have been made. The university affiliation for Martina Hedenius was listed incorrectly and should have read Uppsala University. The figures have been rearranged so that they appear in two-column format. In the Results section, the heading "Overnight Consolidation of Sequence Specific Knowledge" has been changed to "Consolidation of Sequence Specific Knowledge." All versions of this article have been corrected.] The objective of the present study was to determine if consolidation of procedural memory in developmental dyslexia (DD) may be supported by prolonging the initial learning session. Children with DD (n = 31) and typically developing (TD) children (n = 34) were given a procedural (implicit sequence) learning task over two sessions, separated by a 24-hr interval. Session 1 was prolonged with 50% compared with previous studies of procedural memory consolidation in DD. The amount of sequence learning was similar in the two groups at the end of Session 1 (p = .797, η_ρ² = .001). At the follow-up session after 24 hr, performance in the DD group was poorer compared with the TD group (p = .003, η_ρ² = .129). The amount of sequence knowledge in Session 2 predicted unique variance in reading fluency (p = .024, η_ρ² = 0.083), independent of children's phoneme awareness and inattention symptoms. The present study shows that consolidation of procedural memory is impaired in DD, even when the initial learning session is prolonged. The findings encourage further research on the mechanisms supporting procedural memory consolidation in children with DD, and how these may be strengthened. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).