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

In this article, we examine the cognitive processes that are involved when readers
comprehend conflicting information in multiple texts. Starting from the notion of routine …

Two experiments investigated the idea that individual differences in need for affect are
critical for narrative persuasion. Need for affect, that is, the disposition to approach emotions …

& Petersson, 2004; O'Brien, Rizzella, Albrecht, & Halleran, 1998; Rayner, Warren, Juhasz, &
Liversedge, 2004), memory-based processing in situation-model updating (eg, Albrecht & …

In this article, we examine the mental processes and representations that are required of
laypersons when learning about science issues from texts. We begin by defining scientific …

One of the central unresolved conceptual issues that concerns researchers of personal
epistemology is the characterization of the intersection between personal epistemology and …

In social cognition, knowledge-based validation of information is usually regarded as relying
on strategic and resource-demanding processes. Research on language comprehension, in …

Plausibility judgments rarely have been addressed empirically in conceptual change
research. Recent research, however, suggests that these judgments may be pivotal to …

The present research examined the role of personality factors and paratextual information
about the reliability of a story on its persuasiveness. Study 1 (N= 135) was focused on …

Language comprehension involves analysis at the level of the word, sentence, and
message and the integration of message meaning with the prior discourse and world …