1 Ilia State University, Faculty of Psychology, Tbilisi, Georgia.
2 I. Beritashvili Centre of Experimental Biomedicine, Dpt. of Vision Neurophysiology, Tbilisi, Georgia.
3 Public school N175, Tbilisi, Georgia.
4 Public school N32, Tbilisi, Georgia.
5 LEPL Office of Resource Officers of Educational Institutions at the Ministry of Education, Science, and Youth; Tbilisi, Georgia.
6 Caucasus University, Tbilisi, Georgia.
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2025, 25(02), 2560-2564
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2025.25.2.0579
Received on 12 January 2025; revised on 22 February 2025; accepted on 25 February 2025
Introduction: The research data point to the association between reading difficulties and bias to the right side of the visual half-field in visual attention task performance in primary school children. Reading ability in these studies was assessed by the Rapid naming test or by using the teacher’s evaluation of the pupil’s reading ability. The current study was designed to extend data in this direction by directly evaluating reading in school first-graders.
Observation: Study participants performed pen and pencil Star cancellation tasks. The side of the first cancelation (left or right) and the number of targets canceled on the left and right sides were registered. In the reading assessment trial, participants were requested to read the text. The time allocated for this task was 5 min. Mistakes such as incorrectly read words, omission of words, and overruns in time were registered. The right-sided bias to the visual half-field in Star cancellation task performance was found to be associated with the mistakes in reading.
Conclusion: Some school first-graders demonstrate a bias to the right visual half-field in Star cancellation task performance. This bias is expressed in the prevailed target cancelations on the right side of the visual field. Bias to the right visual half-field is associated with reading difficulties, such as incorrect word reading and overruns of time allocated for reading
Visual Spatial Attention; Bias to Visual Half-Field; Reading Quality; First-Graders; Star Cancellation Task
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Malkhaz Makashvili, Ekaterine Atanelishvili, Nino Kashia, Marika Korkelia, Giorgi Tsiklauri, Amiran Kerashvili and Lasha Chantadze. Association between the bias to the right visual half-field and reading difficulties in primary school first-graders. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2025, 25(02), 2560-2564. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2025.25.2.0579.
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