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Eekhof, Lynn S.; Kuijpers, Moniek M.; Faber, Myrthe; Gao, Xin; Mak, Marloes; van den Hoven, Emiel; Willems, Roel M. – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2021
This article explores the relationship between low- and high-level aspects of reading by studying the interplay between word processing, as measured with eye tracking, and narrative absorption and liking, as measured with questionnaires. Specifically, we focused on how individual differences in sensitivity to lexical word characteristics--measured…
Descriptors: Reading, Language Processing, Eye Movements, Individual Differences
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van Moort, Marianne L.; Koornneef, Arnout; Wilderjans, Tom F.; van den Broek, Paul – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2022
People read for many different reasons. These goals affect the cognitive processes and strategies they use during reading. Understanding "how" reading goals exert their effects requires investigation of whether and how they affect specific component processes, such as validation. We investigated the effects of reading goal on text-based…
Descriptors: Reading Processes, Reading Comprehension, Reading Habits, Reading Strategies
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Kuperman, Victor; Matsuki, Kazunaga; Van Dyke, Julie A. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2018
The present research presents a novel method for investigating how characteristics of texts (words, sentences, and passages) and individuals (verbal and general cognitive skills) jointly influence eye-movement patterns over the time-course of reading, as well as comprehension accuracy. Fifty-one proficient readers read passages of varying…
Descriptors: Reader Text Relationship, Eye Movements, Oral Reading, Reading Tests
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Olkoniemi, Henri; Ranta, Henri; Kaakinen, Johanna K. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2016
The present study examined individual differences in the processing of different forms of figurative language. Sixty participants read sarcastic, metaphorical, and literal sentences embedded in story contexts while their eye movements were recorded, and responded to a text memory and an inference question after each story. Individual differences…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Individual Differences, Figurative Language, Eye Movements
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Plester, Beverly; Wood, Clare; Joshi, Puja – British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2009
This paper presents a study of 88 British 10-12-year-old children's knowledge of text message (SMS) abbreviations ("textisms") and how it relates to their school literacy attainment. As a measure of textism knowledge, the children were asked to compose text messages they might write if they were in each of a set of scenarios. Their text…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Phonological Awareness, Short Term Memory, Reading Ability
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Janssen, Tanja; Braaksma, Martine; Rijlaarsdam, Gert – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2006
In this study we examined how good and weak students of literature interact with short literary stories. We focused on differences in the use of cognitive and affective reading activities, and in the extent to which good and weak students adapt their activities to (parts of) the story they are reading. 19 Dutch tenth-grade students from 8 classes…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Grade 10, Literature, Secondary Education