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. 2000 Mar 14;97(6):2402-4.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.97.6.2402.

The science of literacy: from the laboratory to the classroom

P Tallal  1
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The science of literacy: from the laboratory to the classroom

P Tallal. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Figure 1
Language comprehension percentile (preschool language scale-3) for matched groups [family history positive (HX+) and family history negative (HX−)] at 24 months, as a function of D prime (difference between hit and false alarm rates) at 6 months, in a psychophysical task assessing discrimination of two 75-ms duration complex tones separated by an interstimulus-interval of 70 ms. Poor discrimination is represented by D primes below 0.9. Figure used with permission from A. A. Benasich.†
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Figure 2
Pretraining and posttraining frequency histograms using Z scores (test of auditory comprehension of language-revised) superimposed onto shaded bell curves representing normal distribution of scores for this test. Z scores of −1 equal 1 SD below mean, +1 equals 1 SD above mean. Number of cases scoring in each Z score bin is plotted before and after 4–8 weeks of FastForWord training. The number of children performing at or above the median improved significantly from 11% pretraining to 39% posttraining (F = 26.3, P < 0.0001). Figure used with permission of Miller et al. (Miller, S. L., DeVivo, K., LaRossa, K., Pycha, A., Peterson, B. E., Tallal, P., Merzenich, M. M. & Jenkins, W. M., Society for Neuroscience Meeting, November 7–12, 1998, Los Angeles, CA).
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