Current theoretical interpretations of naming speed and the research literature on its relation
to reading are reviewed in this article. The authors examine naming speed's effects across …

The contributions of naming speed measured on both serial-list and various discrete-trial
formats to several reading subskills were examined longitudinally to determine their impact …

That symbol naming speed is an importantcorrelate of reading skill has been
generallyacknowledged. Just what contribution it makesand why is a much more difficult …

This article integrates the findings in the special issue with a comprehensive review of the
evidence for seven central questions about the role of naming-speed deficits in …

THIS TWO-PART ESSAY discusses how research in the developmental cognitive
neurosciences can contribute to an understanding of the complex relations between various …

This study examines (a) how rapid automatized naming (RAN) speed components—
articulation time and pause time—predict reading accuracy and reading fluency in Grades 2 …

The objective of this study was to examine how rapid naming speed is related to reading
ability across languages that vary in orthographic consistency. Forty English-speaking …

The current study examined several alternative explanations of the association between
serial naming speed within fourth‐grade children by determining the extent to which the …

This article describes and summarizes research studies that analyze the shared and unique
contributions of phonemic awareness and rapid naming to reading development. Three …

This paper explores the specificity of the relationship between rapid automatic naming and
reading fluency. Reading accuracy, rate, and fluency was measured among a sample of 67 …