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Direct linkCampion, Nicolas; Martins, Daniel; Wilhelm, Alice – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
Cognitive interest is a motivation to acquire information that is caused by a cognitive and emotional state of uncertainty about the meaning of a text. It can, therefore, be expected to increase if a text raises an issue in readers' mind without resolving it. In support of this expectation, the results of 3 experiments show that the readers'…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Motivation, Interests, Reading
