Cross-modal matching by retarded and normal readers

Abstract

Birch and Belmont (1964) claimed from a study of auditory-visual matching that retarded readers have a deficiency in auditory-visual integration. However, the present experiment indicates that when auditory-visual matching is compared with the relevant intramodal and visual-auditory matching tasks, retarded readers make fewer correct responses compared to normal readers only when an auditory pattern is the initial stimulus. A second experiment confirmed that retarded readers compared to normal readers were unable to hold an auditory pattern in short-term store, though there was no difference between the groups in the retention of a visual pattern. © 1974, The Psychonomic Society, Inc.. All rights reserved.