Integrative processes in reading comprehension
Integrative processes in reading comprehension
Comprehending what is read requires the dynamic interplay of reading and language subsystems that bring about word identification, word meaning retrieval and integration, sentence parsing, referential-binding, and text memory guided by relevant knowledge and general cognitive resources. Central in this interplay are the integrative processes that result in comprehension. In the present symposium, we bring together research on different levels of integration and different research approaches to integration in diverse groups of learners. The symposium combines four lines of research: (1) modeling the linguistic components in text comprehension, (2) studying the self-paced reading times and individual differences in text integration processes, (3) identifying ERP indicators of word-to-text integration, and (4) uncovering the temporal flow in word-to-text integration processes via eye tracking and imaging. The outcomes of these complementary research paradigms will be discussed in perspective of a neurocognitive account of integrative processes in reading comprehension.