Reading is a highly complex skill that is prerequisite to success in many societies in which a
great deal of information is communicated in written form. Since the 1970s, much has been …

▪ Abstract The field of discourse processing has dissected many of the levels of
representation that are constructed when individuals read or listen to connected discourse …

Literacy Beyond Text Comprehension aims to systematically investigate how readers
interpret reading tasks within a situation, and how that interpretation influences reading …

My goal in writing this book has been to convey the principles and issues of
psycholinguistics in a straightforward and accessible manner. The field, although principally …

The process of text comprehension requires the integration of the information in the
sentence currently being read with information previously read. This, in turn, implies that …

Attention plays an essential role in the construction of the mental models necessary to make
sense of ongoing events. In this article, we consider the implications of temporary inattention …

How do people learn in subject areas, such as reading, writing, mathematics, science, and
history, and how can we help people learn, using instructional methods such as feedback …

Memory-based and constructionist processes have both been proposed as essential
components of the activation of concepts (eg, propositions) and the establishment of …

The impact of public narratives has been so broad (including effects on beliefs and behavior
but extending beyond to emotion and personality), that the stakeholders in the process have …

As a part of language use, people need to refer to things, people, and ideas in ways that
they know their interlocutors will understand. Speakers must often choose among alternate …