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Mental simulation of colour properties during language comprehension: influence of context and comprehension stages
Many studies have shown that mental simulation may occur during language comprehension. Supporting evidence is derived from the matching effects in...
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Mindful Text Comprehension: Meditation Training Improves Reading Comprehension of Meditation Novices
ObjectivesResearch on the effects of meditation practice on reading performance is a new and promising field of research. However, the evidence on...
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Multilingual Text Comprehension Cognitive, Developmental, and Educational Aspects
Until today, research on monolingual text processing has offered a broad spectrum of results and theoretical explanations of how texts are processed....
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The effect of listening speed on comprehension: are you sacrificing comprehension by speeding up?
PurposeWe empirically evaluated learning and retention of information presented in a podcast at various speeds. Furthermore, we examined individual...
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Comprehension Problems
The studies on comprehension problems carried out within the framework of this project (Lehtinen, 2012; Wiklund, 2016; Wiklund & Laakso, 2019, 2020)...
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The neural and cognitive basis of expository text comprehension
As science and technology rapidly progress, it becomes increasingly important to understand how individuals comprehend expository technical texts...
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Intervention in Reading Comprehension Skills
The chapter focuses on intervention in reading comprehension skills. The authors describe that reading comprehension involves complex cognitive and...
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Reproduction Rather than Comprehension? Analysis of Gains in Students’ Science Text Comprehension
The use of texts is an indispensable resource for students’ learning, especially in science domains. While develo** understanding of a specific...
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Are there distinct levels of language comprehension in autistic individuals – cluster analysis
Autism is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by deficits in social communication. We assessed 14-language comprehension abilities in 31,845...
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Inconsistency in perspective-taking during comprehension
In order to successfully comprehend referring expressions, a listener must often consider how the speaker’s perspective differs from their own. Such...
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Assessment of Text Comprehension
Assessment methods offer a broad spectrum of operational definitions of comprehension. Their approaches attempt to answer the question of whether the...
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Dynamically predicting comprehension difficulties through physiological data and intelligent wearables
Comprehending digital content written in natural language online is vital for many aspects of life, including learning, professional tasks, and...
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LLM-Based Course Comprehension Evaluator
Large language models (LLMs) like GPT-4 reshape intelligent tutoring systems by enabling nuanced natural language interactions. Leveraging LLMs’...
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Punctuation: a missing link between awareness of prosody and reading comprehension
There is growing theoretical and empirical consensus for a role of awareness of suprasegmental phonology, also known as prosody, or the rhythmic...
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Linguistically-driven text formatting improves reading comprehension for ELLs and EL1s
Typical print formatting provides no information regarding the linguistic features of a text, although texts vary considerably with respect to...
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Numeral comprehension in children with different levels of language proficiency
Reading comprehension and arithmetic skills are essential abilities for children, particularly at the early career. Examine the link between language...
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Morphological density and reading comprehension in Hebrew novice readers
Hebrew allows the representation of the meaning of a few words in one dense form by using bound morphemes that linearly attach to the word. By...
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Experimental Philosophy of Free Will and the Comprehension of Determinism
The experimental validity of research in the experimental philosophy of free will has been called into question. Several new, important studies...
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Improving US Elementary School Reading Comprehension through Knowledge Acquisition and Transformation
Reading comprehension is among the most challenging and complex skills to teach and research. Doing both well is critical to improving the reading...
