Effects of text structure on use of cognitive capacity during reading.

Bruce K. Britton; Shawn M. Glynn; Bonnie J. F. Meyer; M. J. Penland

doi:10.1037/0022-0663.74.1.51

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PsychologyReading (process)CognitionCognitive psychologyReading comprehensionReading rateLinguisticsNeuroscience

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Year: 1982
Type: article
Volume: 74
Issue: 1
Pages: 51-61
Citations: 189
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                                    Bruce K. Britton, 
                                
                                    Shawn M. Glynn, 
                                
                                    Bonnie J. F. Meyer
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1982). 
                            Effects of text structure on use of cognitive capacity during reading.. 
                            Journal of Educational Psychology
                            , 74
                            (1)
                            , 51-61.
                            https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-0663.74.1.51
                        

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DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.74.1.51