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Direct linkSonia, Allison N.; O'Brien, Edward J. – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2021
The coherence threshold marks the point at which a reader has gained a sufficient comprehension level to move on in a text. Previous research has demonstrated that the readers' coherence threshold can be manipulated by increasing or decreasing task demands. The present experiments examined a manipulation of the coherence threshold within the text…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Difficulty Level, Comparative Analysis, Reading Rate
Kendeou, Panayiota; Walsh, Erinn K.; Smith, Emily R.; O'Brien, Edward J. – Discourse Processes: A multidisciplinary journal, 2014
In the present set of experiments, we systematically examined the processes that occur while reading texts designed to refute and explain commonsense beliefs that reside in readers' long-term memory. In Experiment 1 (n = 36), providing readers with a refutation-plus-explanation of a commonsense belief was sufficient to significantly reduce…
Descriptors: Long Term Memory, Beliefs, Misconceptions, Error Correction
