This article presents a meta-analytic review of the relation between executive function and
reading comprehension. Results (N= 6,673) supported a moderate positive association …

Our goal in this paper is to understand the extent to which, and under what conditions,
executive functions (EFs) play a role in reading comprehension processes. We begin with a …

Our aim in the present paper is to discuss a “cognitive view” of reading comprehension, with
particular attention to research findings that have the potential to improve our understanding …

Coh-Metrix analyzes texts on multiple measures of language and discourse that are aligned
with multilevel theoretical frameworks of comprehension. Dozens of measures funnel into …

Inferences are crucial to successful discourse comprehension. We assessed the
contributions of vocabulary and working memory to inference making in children aged 5 and …

This study's hypotheses were that (a) word-problem (WP) solving is a form of text
comprehension that involves language comprehension processes, working memory, and …

The purpose of this review was to examine the effects that audiobook listening and print
reading have on comprehension performance and the role that learner characteristics, text …

Recent studies have revealed that preschoolers' story comprehension is influenced by
several basic as well as complex cognitive and linguistic processes. Among the abilities …

This study investigates the concurrent predictors of adolescent reading comprehension
(literal, inferential) for fiction and non‐fiction texts. Predictors were examined from the …

Mind wandering (MW), a shift of attention away from external tasks toward internally
generated thoughts, has been frequently associated with costs in reading comprehension …