Trait-Task Interaction in Intra- and Intermodal Matching of Auditory and Visual Trigrams.

Relations among short-term auditory memory, short-term visual memory, vocabulary knowledge, and intra-and intermodal matching of trigrams were examined with first graders. Multiple Rs were significant for 3 of 4 matching conditions. Only bilingualism accounted for significant variance in visual-auditory task performance or reading achievement. (Author/RD)