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When There Is Noise on Sherlock Holmes: Mind Wandering Increases with Perceptual Processing Difficulty during Reading and Listening
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Steindorf, Lena; Pink, Sebastian; Rummel, Jan; Smallwood, Jonathan – Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2023
We investigated whether increased perceptual processing difficulty during reading or listening to a Sherlock Holmes novella impacts mind wandering as well as text comprehension. We presented 175 participants with a novella in either a visual or an auditory presentation format and probed their thoughts and motivational states from time to time…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Reading Comprehension, Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level
Dual Modality Effects on College Students' Comprehension of Short Texts during a Simulated Self-Study Session
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Ari, Omer; Calandra, Brendan – College Teaching, 2022
College students enrolled in a reading support course were asked to (a) read a short text, (b) listen to a second text, and (c) read + listen to a third text and answer multiple-choice comprehension questions about each text. Each condition employed a self-study format allowing for constant availability of text input and extra time to revisit text…
Descriptors: College Students, Reading Comprehension, Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level
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)