Type of Document Master's Thesis Author Doyle, Rebecca Eisenberg Author's Email Address rdoyle@student.gsu.edu URN etd-07012005-113049 Title The Role of Eye Movements in the Relationship between Rapid Automatized Naming and Reading Ability Degree Master of Arts Department Psychology Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Robin Morris Committee Chair David Washburn Committee Member Mary Morris Committee Member Keywords
- Reading
- Rapid Automatized Naming
- eye movements
Date of Defense 2005-05-05 Availability unrestricted Abstract The Rapid Automatized Naming test (RAN) has been shown to be a strong predictor of reading ability (Bowers and Wolf, 1993), however, the nature of this relationship remains unclear. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether the visual scanning and sequential components of the continuous RAN format are similar to those same visual scanning processes required in reading, and whether these processes partially account for the relationship. The sample consisted of 57 undergraduate students (63.2% female). The majority of the sample was either Caucasian (33.3%) or African American (29.8%). The eye movement measures consisted of three short stories and the continuous versions of two RAN tasks (colors and letters). This study examined the percent of regressions and fixations during both types of tasks (reading text and RAN). The findings suggest that the continuous RAN measures important visual scanning and sequencing processes that are important in predicting reading ability.Files
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