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What Rapid Naming Tells Us About the Reading Brain

Norton & Wolf's Annual Review of Psychology paper — the definitive account of RAN and reading fluency.

Elizabeth Norton & Maryanne Wolf

Jan 10, 2012

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Norton and Wolf’s Annual Review of Psychology paper is the citation of record on rapid automatized naming — why naming a row of colors fast predicts reading, in every written language studied.

RAN is a microcosm of the processes involved in reading.
— Norton & Wolf, 2012

Read the free PDF hosted by Northwestern, or the record at Annual Reviews.

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