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Metaphor and the Free Recall of Technical Text.

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Yarbrough, Donald B.; Gagne, Ellen D. – Discourse Processes, 1987

Suggests that metaphors in text are processed differently from literal language. Indicates that more information was remembered when the context did not contain metaphors and when the target paragraph was more important in the hierarchy of the passage. (NKA)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Metaphors, Psychological Studies, Reading Comprehension

Task Effects and Individual Differences in On-Line Processing of the Topic Structure of a Text.

Peer reviewed

Lorch, Robert F., Jr; And Others – Discourse Processes, 1987

Indicates that (1) readers determine topic interrelations as they encounter new topics during reading, (2) better recallers are more consistent about inferring topic interrelations, and (3) better recallers are more flexible in their processing of topic information. (NKA)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Psychological Studies, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Comprehension