Sensitivity to Stroke Emerges in Kindergartners Reading Chinese Script

To what extent are young children sensitive to individual stroke, the smallest unit of writing in Chinese that carries no phonological or semantic information? The present study examined Chinese kindergartners’ sensitivity to stroke and the contribution of reading ability and age to stroke sensitivity. Fifty five children from Beijing, including 28 4-year-olds (Mage=4.55 years, SD=0.28, 16 males) and 29 5-year-olds (Mage=5.58 years, SD=0.30, 14...