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| Research article summary (published 29 Apr 2003): |
How prior knowledge, WMC, and relevance of information affect eye fixations in expository text.
Full Abstract
This study examined how prior knowledge and working memory capacity (WMC) influence the effect of a reading perspective on online text processing. In Experiment 1, 47 participants read and recalled 2 texts of different familiarity from a given perspective while their eye movements were recorded. The participants' WMC was assessed with the reading span test. The results suggest that if the reader has prior knowledge related to text contents and a high WMC, relevant text information can be encoded into memory without extra processing time. In Experiment 2, baseline processing times showed whether readers slow down their processing of relevant information or read faster through their relevant information. The results are discussed in the light of different working memory theories.
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Author information
Author/s: Kaakinen, Johanna K (JK); Hyönä, Jukka (J); Keenan, Janice M (JM);
Affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Turku, Finland. johanna.kaakinen@utu.fi
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Journal: Journal of experimental psychology. Learning, memory, and cognition (J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2003-May; vol 29 (issue 3) : pp 447-57
Dates: Created 2003/06/02; Completed 2003/09/17; Revised 2006/11/15;
PMID: 12776755, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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