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Direct linkFriedman, Naomi P.; Miyake, Akira – Journal of Memory and Language, 2004
This study had two major goals: to test the effect of administration method on the criterion validity of a commonly used working memory span test, the reading span task, and to examine the relationship between processing and storage in this task. With respect to the first goal, although experimenter- and participant-administered reading span tasks…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Ability, Reading Tests, Predictive Validity
Cook, Anne E.; Myers, Jerome L. – Journal of Memory and Language, 2004
Discourse context may affect comprehension of a word in a text by facilitating lexical access or by facilitating integration of the target concept with the preceding text. In two experiments, we used eye tracking measures to examine contextual influence on the integration of role fillers in scripted narratives. In both experiments, context had an…
Descriptors: Semantics, Eye Movements, Reading Processes, Memory
