TABLE 1.

Characteristics of the two groups in experiment 1 (M ± SD).

	CA (n = 26)	DD (n = 26)	t	p	Cohen’s d
Age (years)	10.25 ± 0.95	10.15 ± 1.05	0.35	0.73	0.10
IQ (standard score)	112.62 ± 12.18	111.04 ± 12.05	0.47	0.64	0.13
Reading ability (number of Chinese characters)	2870.48 ± 540.78	1875.45 ± 531.73	6.70	<0.001	1.86
Word reading fluency (number of correct words/1 min)	107.31 ± 18.92	76.69 ± 17.24	6.10	<0.001	1.69
Phonological awareness (number of correct items)	19.65 ± 5.84	16.73 ± 6.13	1.76	0.085	0.49
Morphological awareness (number of correct items)	25.27 ± 5.19	21.00 ± 5.93	2.76	0.008	0.77
RAN (sec)	14.76 ± 3.05	16.37 ± 2.47	−2.10	0.04	−0.58