Research Symposium

BIO

Hi! My name is Allison Krueger, and I am from Jacksonville, Florida. I am a first-year honors student here at FSU. I am pursuing a dual degree in Psychology and Statistics and minoring in Mathematics and Data Analytics. I am interested in researching different areas of Psychology and gaining experience to further my passion for learning.

Meta-Analysis: Dyslexia Predictors

Abstract

Dyslexia is a developmental learning disorder that is neurobiological in origin (Snowling 2022). It is characterised as having trouble decoding, recognizing, and spelling words (Cutting 2009). Some known predictors of dyslexia include phonological awareness, phonological memory, rapid naming, family risk, impaired spelling, and reading ability of words. This meta-analysis aims to determine which combination of predictors most prominently leads to dyslexia. We do this by finding thousands of studies through FSU databases, and those articles go through different rounds of screening. Data incorporated in the meta-analysis will be extracted from articles that pass through full-text screening to determine which predictors are most prominent in dyslexia identification. This data can potentially be used in further studies to identify individuals with dyslexia and aid early intervention.

Keywords: Meta-Analysis, Dyslexia, Reading Comprehension