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Measures of vocabulary, digit span, and pattern-contrast sensitivity for low- to medium-spatial-frequency gratings were collected from 123 representative prereaders. A multiple regression analysis showed that these were moderate predictors of reading ability 2 years later. The contrast-sensitivity measure made a significant unique contribution to the regression equation. The results are interpreted in terms of recent data that indicate a transient-system deficit in specifically disabled readers.
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This research was supported by a grant from the Australian Research Grants Scheme to W J. Lovegrove
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Lovegrove, W., Slaghuis, W., Bowling, A. et al. Spatial frequency processing and the prediction of reading ability: A preliminary investigation. Perception & Psychophysics 40, 440–444 (1986). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03208204
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