How many words do we read per minute? A review and meta-analysis of reading rate

M Brysbaert - Journal of memory and language, 2019 - Elsevier
Based on the analysis of 190 studies (18,573 participants), we estimate that the average
silent reading rate for adults in English is 238 words per minute (wpm) for non-fiction and …

A meta-analysis on the relation between reading and working memory.

P Peng, M Barnes, CC Wang, W Wang, S Li… - Psychological …, 2018 - psycnet.apa.org
The purpose of this study was to determine the relation between reading and working
memory (WM) in the context of 3 major theories: the domain-specificity theory (debate) of …

Individual differences in second language proficiency: Working memory as language aptitude

A Miyake, NP Friedman - Foreign language learning, 2013 - taylorfrancis.com
This chapter examines individual differences in second language (L2) proficiency among
adult learners. Although previous psychometric studies have identified the learner's …

Long-term working memory.

KA Ericsson, W Kintsch - Psychological review, 1995 - psycnet.apa.org
To account for the large demands on working memory during text comprehension and
expert performance, the traditional models of working memory involving temporary storage …

Children's reading comprehension ability: Concurrent prediction by working memory, verbal ability, and component skills.

K Cain, J Oakhill, P Bryant - Journal of educational psychology, 2004 - psycnet.apa.org
The authors report data from a longitudinal study that addresses the relations between
working memory capacity and reading comprehension skills in children aged 8, 9, and 11 …

Working memory and language comprehension: A meta-analysis

M Daneman, PM Merikle - Psychonomic bulletin & review, 1996 - Springer
This paper presents a meta-analysis of the data from 6,179 participants in 77 studies that
investigated the association between working-memory capacity and language …

[KNIHA][B] Working memory and language

SE Gathercole, AD Baddeley - 2014 - taylorfrancis.com
This book evaluates the involvement of working memory in five central aspects of language
processing: vocabulary acquisition, speech production, reading development, skilled …

Working memory and intelligence: The same or different constructs?

PL Ackerman, ME Beier, MO Boyle - Psychological bulletin, 2005 - psycnet.apa.org
Several investigators have claimed over the past decade that working memory (WM) and
general intelligence (g) are identical, or nearly identical, constructs, from an individual …

Explaining the many varieties of working memory variation: Dual mechanisms of cognitive control

TS Braver, JR Gray, GC Burgess - Variation in working memory, 2007 - books.google.com
Virtually all working memory (WM) theorists agree that control processes are a critical
component of WM function. Some set of internal mechanisms must be responsible for (1) …

Mind wandering and reading comprehension: examining the roles of working memory capacity, interest, motivation, and topic experience.

N Unsworth, BD McMillan - Journal of Experimental Psychology …, 2013 - psycnet.apa.org
Individual differences in mind wandering and reading comprehension were examined in the
current study. In particular, individual differences in mind wandering, working memory …