A cognitive perspective in the study of text comprehension

Authors

  • Valeria Abusamra Universidad de Buenos Aires
  • Romina Verónica Cartoceti Universidad de Buenos Aires
  • Alejandro Guillermo Raiter Universidad de Buenos Aires
  • Aldo Rodolfo Ferreres Universidad de Buenos Aires

Keywords:

comprensión, texto, memoria de trabajo, inhibición verbal

Abstract

Working memory and, particularly, the mechanism of inhibition have a crucial role in text comprehension. The aim of this research was to study the relation between the ability of reading comprehension and working memory (WM). We test the hypothesis that difficulty in inhibiting information can influence comprehension. In the first experiment, 153 children aged 9 and 12 years were evaluated with a test of reading comprehension and a WM task. In the second experiment 24 children were evaluated with the Hayling Test that asses the ability to inhibit verbal responses. The results evidence a correlation between WM and text comprehension ability. Children with difficulties in text comprehension obtained a significantly lower performance in memory and inhibition tests, suggesting that the relation between reading understanding and WM could depend on the skills to inhibit irrelevant information. Keywords: Comprehension; text; working memory; inhibition verbal.

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Author Biographies

Valeria Abusamra, Universidad de Buenos Aires

Licenciada en Letras. Doctoranda de la Universidad de Buenos Aires. Becaria de la Universidad de Buenos Aires. Docente de grado de las materias Psicolingüística I y II de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la UBA. Docente de Posgrado de la Facultad de Psicología de la UBA. Investigadora y formadora de investigadores en el Servicio de Neuropsicología del Hospital Eva Perón.

Romina Verónica Cartoceti, Universidad de Buenos Aires

Licenciada en Letras. Doctoranda de la Universidad de Buenos Aires. Becaria del CONICET. Docente de grado de las materias Psicolingüística I y II de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la UBA. Investigadora en el Servicio de Neuropsicología del Hospital Eva Perón.

Alejandro Guillermo Raiter, Universidad de Buenos Aires

Doctor de la Universidad de Buenos Aires. Profesor Titular de la cátedra Sociolingüística de la UBA. Profesor Adjunto a cargo de las materias Psicolingüística I y II de la UBA.

Aldo Rodolfo Ferreres, Universidad de Buenos Aires

Profesor Titular de la cátedra Neurofisiologia de la Facultad de Psicología de la UBA. Director de la Carrera de Especialziación en Neuropsicología Clínica de la UBA. Jefe del Servicio de Neuropsicología del Hospital Eva Perón.

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Published

2008-11-26

How to Cite

Abusamra, V., Cartoceti, R. V., Raiter, A. G., & Ferreres, A. R. (2008). A cognitive perspective in the study of text comprehension. Psico, 39(3). Retrieved from https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/revistapsico/article/view/3924

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Vol. 39 No. 3 (2008)

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