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Cranford, Edward A.; Moss, Jarrod – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2023
When a situation could lead to multiple mutually exclusive consequences, recent research shows that people automatically generate multiple predictive inferences in memory. Several theoretical mechanisms have been proposed to account for the generation of predictive inferences. One hypothesis is that inferences are minimally encoded, represented…
Descriptors: Prediction, Inferences, Cognitive Processes, Semantics
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Henri Olkoniemi; Diane Mézière; Johanna K. Kaakinen – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2024
Eyetracking studies have shown that readers reread ironic phrases when resolving their meaning. Moreover, it has been shown that the timecourse of processing ironic meaning is affected by reader's working memory capacity (WMC). Irony is a context-dependent phenomenon but using traditional eye-movement measures it is difficult to analyze processing…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Language Usage, Individual Differences, Short Term Memory
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Feng Zhao; Lin Fan; Jiao Zhang; Yan-e Liu; Jiaxing Jiang; Tongfei Bing – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2024
This experiment employed viewing time methods to investigate the effects of individual differences in visuospatial working memory (VWM) on the processing of older adults' bridging inferences in the understanding of visual narratives. The results showed that older adults could make bridging inferences in visual narrative processing, and that VWM…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Older Adults, Short Term Memory, Spatial Ability
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Hildenbrand, Lena; Wiley, Jennifer – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2023
The present study examined the relationship between working memory capacity (WMC) and comprehension on a multiple text assessment from the ACT test for college preparedness in which texts are available during question answering. Specifically, it was of interest whether differences in relations would be seen across different question types. Only…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Reading Comprehension, Predictor Variables, College Entrance Examinations
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Cranford, Edward A.; Moss, Jarrod – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2019
The generation of predictive inferences may be difficult when a story leads to multiple possible consequences. The present study examined whether inferences are generated when the story implies two mutually exclusive consequences are nearly equally likely to occur. Experiment 1 used a word-naming task and showed that neither inference was…
Descriptors: Prediction, Inferences, Naming, Reading Rate
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Smith, Maverick E.; Kurby, Christopher A.; Bailey, Heather R. – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2023
We segment what we read into meaningful events, each separated by a discrete boundary. How does event segmentation during encoding relate to the structure of story information in long-term memory? To evaluate this question, participants read stories of fictional historical events and then engaged in a postreading verb arrangement task. In this…
Descriptors: Reading Processes, Short Term Memory, Recall (Psychology), Verbs
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Wu, Ying Choon; Müller, Horst M.; Coulson, Seana – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2022
Multi-modal discourse comprehension requires speakers to combine information from speech and gestures. To date, little research has addressed the cognitive resources that underlie these processes. Here we used a dual-task paradigm to test the relative importance of verbal and visuospatial working memory in speech-gesture comprehension. Healthy,…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Comprehension, Nonverbal Communication, Speech
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Artuso, Caterina; Palladino, Paola – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2022
In the current study, we investigated the role of vocabulary knowledge in the relation between working memory (WM) and reading comprehension, in a sample of 55 typically developing 8-year-old Italian children. The role of WM in comprehension is well-established, as both involve similar processes for successful task performance (i.e., active…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Reading Comprehension, Grade 3, Elementary School Students
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Spencer, Mercedes; Cutting, Laurie E. – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2021
In the current investigation, we used structural equation mediation modeling to examine the relations between executive function (indexed by measures of working memory, shifting, and inhibition), decoding ability, and reading comprehension in a sample of 298 children aged 6 to 8 years (132 boys and 166 girls). Results indicated that executive…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Executive Function, Short Term Memory, Inhibition
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Scholman, Merel C. J.; Demberg, Vera; Sanders, Ted J. M. – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2020
The current study investigated how a contextual list signal influences comprehenders' inference generation of upcoming discourse relations and whether individual differences in working memory capacity and linguistic experience influence the generation of these inferences. Participants were asked to complete two-sentence stories, the first sentence…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Inferences, Short Term Memory, Context Effect
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Tibken, Catharina; Richter, Tobias; Wannagat, Wienke; Schmiedeler, Sandra; von der Linden, Nicole; Schneider, Wolfgang – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2022
The inconsistency task is used to measure metacognitive monitoring in text comprehension via online (reading time) and offline measures (number of detected inconsistencies). Few studies have examined stability in task performance and interindividual differences. We addressed these issues with adolescents (N = 341) in Grades 6/7 (Mage =…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Mottarella, Malayka; Yamasaki, Brianna L.; Prat, Chantel S. – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2021
Individual differences in reading skill have frequently been related to variability in working memory capacity; however, it is unclear what drives this relation. The present study investigated two attentional control mechanisms that may contribute to this relation: proactive control and online filtering. To examine how the neural mechanisms of…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Short Term Memory, Vocabulary Skills, Correlation
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Oakhill, Jane – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2020
A substantial amount of research has focused on children's reading development and reading problems, but in comparison there has been relatively little research into children's reading comprehension. This article provides an overview of the research that has investigated the skills and cognitive processes that support children's understanding of…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Reading Research, Reading Comprehension, Children
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Navarro, Ester; Macnamara, Brooke N.; Glucksberg, Sam; Conway, Andrew R. A. – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2020
The underlying cognitive mechanisms explaining why speakers sometimes make communication errors are not well understood. Some scholars have theorized that audience design engages automatic processes when a listener is present; others argue that it relies on effortful resources, even if a listener is present. We hypothesized that working memory is…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Short Term Memory, Individual Differences, Error Patterns
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van Moort, Marianne L.; Koornneef, Arnout; van den Broek, Paul W. – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2021
To build a coherent accurate mental representation of a text, readers routinely validate information they read against the preceding text and their background knowledge. It is clear that both sources affect processing, but "when" and "how" they exert their influence remains unclear. To examine the time course and cognitive…
Descriptors: Reading Processes, Eye Movements, Prior Learning, Reading Comprehension
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