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Inhibitory control predicts growth in irregular word reading: Evidence from a large-scale longitudinal study

Qiu, Yani; Griffiths, Sarah; Norbury, Courtenay; Taylor, JSH; (2023) Inhibitory control predicts growth in irregular word reading: Evidence from a large-scale longitudinal study. Developmental Psychology 10.1037/dev0001563. (In press). Green open access

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Abstract

Irregular words cannot be read correctly by decoding letters into sounds using the most common letter-sound mapping relations. They are difficult to read and learn. Cognitive models of word reading and development as well as empirical data suggest that inhibitory control might be important for irregular word reading and its development. The current study tested this in a U.K. population-based cohort (N = 529, 52.74% male, 90.17% White) in which children were assessed longitudinally at ages 5-6, 7-8, and 10-11 years. Results showed that inhibitory control did not predict concurrent irregular word reading after controlling for the covariates of decoding and vocabulary. However, inhibitory control made a small but significant contribution to growth in irregular word reading across time points, over and above vocabulary (decoding did not predict growth). Therefore, children might need to inhibit the predisposition to overgeneralize the most common relations between letters and sounds when learning to read irregular words. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

Type: Article
Title: Inhibitory control predicts growth in irregular word reading: Evidence from a large-scale longitudinal study
Location: United States
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1037/dev0001563
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001563
Language: English
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UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Language and Cognition
URI: https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10176172
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