Working memory and updating processes in reading comprehension

Palladino, Paola; Cornoldi, Cesare; De Beni, Rossana; Pazzaglia, Francesca

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Working memory and updating processes in reading comprehension

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Palladino, Paola, Cornoldi, Cesare, De Beni, Rossana, Pazzaglia, Francesca·2001·Memory & Cognition

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In this study, we examine the relation between reading comprehension ability and success in working memory updating tasks. Groups of poor and good comprehenders, matched for logical reasoning ability, but different in reading comprehension ability, were administered various updating tasks in a series of experiments. In the first experiment, the participants were presented with lists of words, the length of which (4-10 words) was unknown beforehand, and were required to remember the last 4 words in each series. In this task, we found a decrease in performance that was related to longer series and poor reading ability. In the second experiment, we presented lists of nouns referring to items of different sizes, in a task that simulated the selection and updating of relevant information that occurs in the on-line comprehension process. The participants were required to remember a limited, predefined number of the smallest items presented. We found that poor comprehenders not only had a poorer memory, but also made a greater number of intrusion errors. In the third and fourth experiments, memory load (number of items to be selected) and suppression request (number of potentially relevant items) were manipulated within subjects. Increases in both memory load and suppression requests impaired performance. Furthermore, we found that poor comprehenders produced a greater number of intrusion errors, particularly when the suppression request was increased. Finally, in a fifth experiment, a request to specify the size of presented items was introduced. Poor comprehenders were able to select the appropriate items, although their recall was poorer. Altogether, the data show that working memory abilities, based on selecting and updating relevant information and avoiding intrusion errors, are related to reading comprehension.

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Authors: Palladino, P., Cornoldi, C., De Beni, R., & Pazzaglia, F.
Affiliations: University of Padua (IT)
Corresponding author: Cornoldi, Cesare
ORCID: Palladino, Paola
Cornoldi, Cesare
Pazzaglia, Francesca
Venue: Memory & Cognition
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2001-03
Volume: 29
Issue: 2
Pages: 344-354
ISSN: 0090-502X (ISSN-L)
1532-5946
DOI: 10.3758/bf03194929
OpenAlex: W1983577160
Cited by: 267
References: 35
Citations by year: 2026: 7 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 17 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 15 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 17 · 2015: 17 · 2014: 12 · 2013: 17 · 2012: 13
FWCI: 9.41
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: bronze
doi.org
Licence: www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations: Memory & Cognition (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Padua Research Archive (University of Padova) (submittedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Reading and Literacy Development
Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Abilities and Testing
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
Keywords: reading comprehension, working memory, intrusion errors, memory load, selective attention, poor comprehenders, logical reasoning
MeSH terms: Adult, Cognition, Female, Humans, Male, Memory, Reading, Vocabulary

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