Cognitive Prediction of Reading, Math, and Attention: Shared and Unique Influences

• Published in: Journal of learning disabilities Vol. 50; no. 4; pp. 408 - 421
• Main Authors: Peterson, Robin L., Boada, Richard, McGrath, Lauren M., Willcutt, Erik G., Olson, Richard K., Pennington, Bruce F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.07.2017; SAGE Publications and Hammill Institute on Disabilities; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Achievement Tests; Adolescent; Adolescents; Age differences; Attention; Attention - physiology; Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Child; Children; Cognition; Cognitive ability; Cognitive aspects; Cognitive Processes; Comorbidity; Comprehension - physiology; Correlation; Disability; Executive Function; Executive Function - physiology; Female; Humans; Hypothesis Testing; Inhibition; Inhibition (Psychology); Intelligence Tests; Learning Disabilities; Male; Mathematics; Mathematics - education; Mathematics Skills; Memory, Short-Term - physiology; Neurodevelopmental disorders; Neurodevelopmental Disorders - physiopathology; Older children; Predictor Variables; Reading; Reading comprehension; Reading Difficulties; Reading disabilities; Reading Skills; Short Term Memory; Skills; Special education; Statistical Analysis; Structural Equation Models; Twins; cognitive processing; working; memory

The current study tested a multiple-cognitive predictor model of word reading, math ability, and attention in a community-based sample of twins ages 8 to 16 years (N = 636). The objective was to identify cognitive predictors unique to each skill domain as well as cognitive predictors shared among sk...