Measures of Information Processing in Rapid Automatized Naming (RAN) and Their Relation To Reading.

Examined articulation and interarticulation (pause) times on Rapid Automatized Naming Tests for first- and second-graders. Found that pause and articulation times for RAN letters and objects were not reliably related, compared to RAN numbers articulation and pause durations. Subtest pause durations were differentially related to reading. RAN letters pause time was most robust predictor of decoding and reading comprehension. (Author/KB)