2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The effect of coloured overlays on reading speed in Japanese children with developmental dyslexia
| Project/Area Number |
22830071
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Special needs education
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| Research Institution | Mejiro University |
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Principal Investigator |
GOTO Takashi 目白大学, 保健医療学部, 助教 (50584231)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2011
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| Keywords | 発達性読み書き障害 / 有色透明フィルム / 音読速度 / 視知覚 |
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| Research Abstract |
We conducted reading tasks in Japanese children with developmental dyslexia under controlled experimental conditions in order to reveal the effect of the colour and luminance factors by coloured overlays on reading speed. We evaluated the duration time of reading tasks of hiragana words, katakana words, hiragana non-words, katakana non-words, and sentences in Japanese speaking children(42normal, 33with developmental dyslexia). The durationtime of the reading tasks was measured with and without coloured overlays and neutraldensity overlays. All participants did not show a significant difference in the reading durationunder the three conditions. Our results suggest that using coloured overlays does not improve reading speed in Japanese children with developmental dyslexia.
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