Table 1.
Summary of literature selected for meta‐analysis
| Literature | N | Task | Baseline | Language Cateragy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross language analysis | ||||
| Alphabetic words | ||||
| Aparicio et al., 2007 | 12 | Rhyming judgment | Identical strings judgment | English |
| Bitan et al., 2005 | 14 | Rhyming judgment | Line pattern matching | English |
| Booth et al., 2007 | 14 | Rhyming judgment | Line judgment | English |
| Burton et al., 2005 | 12 | Rhyming judgment | Symbol font discrimination | English |
| Cousin et al., 2007 | 11 | Rhyme detection | Visual detection | French |
| Gitelman et al., 2005 | 14 | Homophone judgment | String matching task | English |
| Tham et al., 2005 | 6 | Homophone matching | Fixation | English |
| Logographic characters | ||||
| Booth et al., 2006 | 13 | Rhyming judgment | Line pattern judgment | Chinese |
| Cao et al., 2009 | 13 | Rhyming judgment | Line pattern judgment | Chinese |
| Cao et al., 2010 | 20 | Rhyme judgment | Spelling | Chinese |
| Dong et al., 2005 | 12 | phonological matching | Fixation | Chinese |
| Liu et al., 2006 | 12 | Phonological decision | Orthographic decision | Chinese |
| Liu et al., 2009 | 16 | Rhyme judgment | Line matching | Chinese |
| Matsuo et al., 2010 | 33 | Homophone judgment | Null | Japanese(Kanji) |
| Tham et al., 2005 | 6 | Homophone matching | Fixation | Chinese |
| Development analysis | ||||
| Adult | ||||
| Aparicio et al., 2007 | 12 | Rhyming judgment | Identical strings judgement | English |
| Bitan et al., 2005 | 14 | Rhyming judgment | Line pattern matching | English |
| Booth et al., 2002a | 13 | Rhymejudgment | Line pattern matching | English |
| Booth et al., 2002b | 13 | Rhymejudgment | Spelling | English |
| Booth et al., 2004 | 16 | Rhymejudgment | Letter case decision | English |
| Booth et al., 2007 | 14 | Rhyming judgment | Line judgment | English |
| Burton et al., 2005 | 12 | Rhyming judgment | Symbolfontdiscrimination | English |
| Cousin et al., 2007 | 11 | Rhyme detection | Visual detection | French |
| Gitelman et al., 2005 | 14 | Homophonejudgment | String matching task | English |
| Poldrack et al., 2001 | 8 | Rhymejudgment | Letter case decision | English |
| Price et al., 1997 | 6 | Syllable decision | Semantic judgment | English |
| Sergent et al., 1992 | 8 | Lettersound decision | Letter spatial decision | English |
| Tan et al., 2003 | 12 | Rhymejudgment | Font size decision | English |
| Tham et al., 2005 | 6 | Homophone matching | Fixation | English |
| Xu et al., 2001 | 12 | Homophone matching | Fixation | English |
| Xu et al., 2002 | 18 | Rhymejudgment | Letter feature search | English |
| Booth et al., 2006 | 13 | Rhyming judgment | Line pattern judgment | Chinese |
| Cao et al., 2009 | 13 | Rhyming judgment | Line pattern judgment | Chinese |
| Liu et al., 2006 | 12 | Phonological decision | Orthographic decision | Chinese |
| Tham et al., 2005 | 6 | Homophone matching | Fixation | Chinese |
| Child | ||||
| Bitan et al., 2006 | 15 | Rhyming judgment | Line pattern | English |
| Bitanet al., 2007a | 38 | Rhyming judgment | Symbols /spelling judgment | English |
| Bitan et al., 2007b | 36 | Rhyming judgment | Fixation | English |
| Bitan et al., 2009 | 36 | Rhyming judgment | Fixation | English |
| Booth et al., 2004 | 16 | Rhyme judgment | Letter case decision | English |
| Cao et al., 2006 | 14 | Rhyming judgment | Fixation | English |
| Cao et al., 2008 | 12 | Rhyming judgment | Fixation | English |
| Georgiewa et al., 1999 | 17 | Phonological transformation | Letter identification | German |
| Hoeft et al., 2006 | 10 | Rhyming judgment | Fixation | English |
| McNorgan et al., 2011 | 26 | Rhyming judgment | Fixation | English |
| Temple et al., 2001 | 15 | Rhyming judgment | line matching | English |
| Cao et al., 2009 | 8 | Rhyming judgment | Line pattern judgment | Chinese |
| Siok et al., 2008 | 12 | Rhyme judgment | Font‐size decision | Chinese |
| Xue et al., 2005 | 12 | Rhyming judgment | Fixation | Chinese |
N: number of subject.