Orthographic Processing of Developmental Dyslexic Children in China: Evidence from an Event-Related Potential Study

Objective This study aimed to explore the orthographic processing of simplified Chinese characters in developmental dyslexic children in Kashgar, Xinjiang, China, and provide a theoretical basis for intervention strategies for developmental dyslexia in Chinese. Methods Using event-related potential...

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Published in:Current medical science 2021-12, Vol.41 (6), p.1239-1246
Main Authors: Tang, Shu-ting, Liu, Fang-fang, Li, Zeng-chun, Deng, Ke-gao, Song, Ran-ran, Zuo, Peng-xiang
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Language:English
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Medicine & Public Health
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Summary:Objective This study aimed to explore the orthographic processing of simplified Chinese characters in developmental dyslexic children in Kashgar, Xinjiang, China, and provide a theoretical basis for intervention strategies for developmental dyslexia in Chinese. Methods Using event-related potential (ERP) measures, 18 developmental dyslexic children and 23 typically developing children performed a character decision task with three types of stimuli: real characters (RCs), pseudocharacters (PCs), and noncharacters (NCs). Results Behavioral results showed that the control children displayed a faster and higher accurate performance than the dyslexic children across PCs and NCs. ERP data revealed that the RCs and PCs elicited a stronger P200 than the NCs. Compared with the RCs and NCs, children in the control group showed more N400 negatives for PCs. It is worth mentioning that dyslexic children did not show any difference on N400, which reflected the insufficient orthographic processing of dyslexic children in China. Conclusion These results show that Chinese dyslexic children had orthographic processing defects.
ISSN:2096-5230
2523-899X
DOI:10.1007/s11596-021-2468-1