Dialogic reading vs screen exposure intervention is related to increased cognitive control in preschool-age children.

Aim: Shared reading leads to better language and executive functions. This study was designed to examine the effect of dialogic reading compared to screen-exposed intervention on executive functions using behavioural and electroencephalogram measures.

Methods: The effect of six weeks of dialogic reading intervention on executive functions was examined in 16 children (seven females, 61.

Six-minute screening test can provide valid information about the skills that underlie childhood reading and cognitive abilities.

Aim: Reading difficulties can have complex origins and diagnostic measures can be expensive and time consuming. We tested Zippy6, a six-minute screening test that we developed, to see how it compared with a battery of established screening tools.

Methods: This study was carried out at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, USA, from 2014-2016.