Kindergarten cognitive deficits linked to dyslexia risk

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Key Takeaways

  • Cognitive-linguistic deficits in kindergarten—especially in phonological awareness and letter knowledge—strongly predict early-emerging dyslexia by first grade.
  • Specific kindergarten deficits, particularly in letter knowledge, rapid automatized naming, and morphological awareness, remain significant risk factors for late-emerging dyslexia in fourth grade.

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