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Impacts of Cognitive Flexibility on Central Word Identification: Evidence from Poor Comprehenders' Discourse Comprehension of First Graders with ADHD
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Dong, Yang; Mo, Jianhong; Miao, Xuecong; Zheng, Hao-Yuan; Yuan, Chongbo; Xin, Pinyi – Annals of Dyslexia, 2023
Cognitive flexibility (CF) is an executive function component related to the ability to flexibly shift amongst multiple incompatible perspectives or descriptions of an object task. However, whether CF enhances the narrative discourse comprehension of students with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) during surface semantic meaning…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Cognitive Processes, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Word Recognition
The Contribution of Attentional Control and Working Memory to Reading Comprehension and Decoding
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C. Nikki Arrington; Paulina A. Kulesz; David J. Francis; Jack M. Fletcher; Marcia A. Barnes – Grantee Submission, 2014
Little is known about how specific components of working memory, namely, attentional processes including response inhibition, sustained attention, and cognitive inhibition, are related to reading decoding and comprehension. The current study evaluated the relations of reading comprehension, decoding, working memory, and attentional control in…
Descriptors: Attention, Short Term Memory, Reading Comprehension, Decoding (Reading)
The Contribution of Attentional Control and Working Memory to Reading Comprehension and Decoding
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C. Nikki Arrington; Paulina A. Kulesz; David J. Francis; Jack M. Fletcher; Marcia A. Barnes – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2014
Little is known about how specific components of working memory, namely, attentional processes including response inhibition, sustained attention, and cognitive inhibition, are related to reading decoding and comprehension. The current study evaluated the relations of reading comprehension, decoding, working memory, and attentional control in…
Descriptors: Attention, Short Term Memory, Reading Comprehension, Decoding (Reading)