Executive function and reading comprehension: A meta-analytic review

DJ Follmer - Educational Psychologist, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
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 …

A meta-analytic review of cognition and reading difficulties: Individual differences, moderation, and language mediation mechanisms.

P Peng, Z Zhang, W Wang, K Lee, T Wang… - Psychological …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Based on 378 studies, 541 independent samples, and over 34,000 participants, the current
meta-analysis aimed to explore the associations between cognition and reading difficulties …

The role of executive functions in reading comprehension

R Butterfuss, P Kendeou - Educational Psychology Review, 2018 - Springer
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 …

The comprehension problems of children with poor reading comprehension despite adequate decoding: A meta-analysis

M Spencer, RK Wagner - Review of educational research, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
The purpose of this meta-analysis was to examine the comprehension problems of children
who have a specific reading comprehension deficit (SCD), which is characterized by poor …

Normative data on the n-back task for children and young adolescents

S Pelegrina, MT Lechuga, JA García-Madruga… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
The n-back task is a frequently used measure of working memory (WM) in cognitive
neuroscience research contexts, and it has become widely adopted in other areas over the …

[HTML][HTML] Which executive functions affect text comprehension and writing in paper and digital mode? An investigation in primary school children

C Ruffini, C Tarchi, C Pecini - Computers & Education, 2023 - Elsevier
The scientific literature supports the hypothesis of a disadvantage in students' performances
when learning tasks are conducted in the digital mode in comparison to the paper one …

How storage and executive functions contribute to children's reading comprehension

S Nouwens, MA Groen, L Verhoeven - Learning and Individual Differences, 2016 - Elsevier
In the current study we investigated the contribution of storage and separate measures of
executive functions to reading comprehension in Dutch 5th graders, while controlling for …

Inhibition and conceptual learning in science: A review of studies

L Mason, S Zaccoletti - Educational Psychology Review, 2021 - Springer
Recent research about the learning of science has suggested that misconceptions are not
replaced by scientific conceptions and extinguished once conceptual change has occurred …

The relationship between working memory updating components and reading comprehension

R Linares, S Pelegrina - Cognitive Processing, 2023 - Springer
The objective of this study was to determine the contribution of retrieval and substitution
components of working memory updating to reading comprehension. Difficulties in reading …

Interactions between reader and text: Contributions of cognitive processes, strategy use, and text cohesion to comprehension of expository science text

DJ Follmer, RA Sperling - Learning and Individual Differences, 2018 - Elsevier
Emerging evidence suggests that characteristics of text demonstrate differential recruitment
of specific cognitive processes involved in reading comprehension. The aim of this study …