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Rapid Automatized Naming (RAN) and Word Reading Fluency in Early School-Aged Children: A Pilot Eye-Tracking Study.

Alisa Baron¹, Alexia Martins¹, Gavino Puggioni²

¹Department of Communicative Disorders, The University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881, USA.

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|February 20, 2026

Summary

Rapid automatized naming (RAN) predicts reading fluency in children. Faster naming (rapid letter naming and rapid digit naming) correlated with fewer regressions during reading, suggesting better phonological integration.

Keywords:

children eye tracking rapid automatized naming reading

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Psychology
Developmental Neuroscience
Educational Psychology

Background:

Fluent word reading is crucial for literacy.
Oculomotor control's role in developing readers is not fully understood.
Rapid automatized naming (RAN) is a clinical predictor of reading fluency.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate how RAN predicts different stages of word reading.
To examine the oculomotor underpinnings of reading development in children.
To link RAN performance to eye-tracking measures of reading.

Main Methods:

Thirty-three children completed rapid letter naming (RLN) and rapid digit naming (RDN) tasks.
Eye-tracking measured reading at the sentence level with a target word.
First fixation duration, regression path duration, and total word reading time were analyzed.

Main Results:

RLN and RDN significantly predicted only the mid-stage of reading (regression path duration).
Faster RLN and RDN were associated with shorter regression durations.
Slower RAN times may indicate difficulties integrating phonological skills during reading.

Conclusions:

Behavioral RAN performance is linked to mid-stage oculomotor reading variables.
Children with slower RAN may experience more regressions, suggesting potential phonological processing challenges.
This study provides insights into the relationship between naming speed and reading development.