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Dong, Yang; Mo, Jianhong; Miao, Xuecong; Zheng, Hao-Yuan; Yuan, Chongbo; Xin, Pinyi – Annals of Dyslexia, 2023
Cognitive flexibility (CF) is an executive function component related to the ability to flexibly shift amongst multiple incompatible perspectives or descriptions of an object task. However, whether CF enhances the narrative discourse comprehension of students with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) during surface semantic meaning…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Cognitive Processes, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Word Recognition
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Wiseheart, Rebecca; Altmann, Lori J. P.; Park, Heeyoung; Lombardino, Linda J. – Annals of Dyslexia, 2009
This study investigated the effects of syntactic complexity on written sentence comprehension in compensated adults with dyslexia. Because working memory (WM) plays a key role in processing complex sentences, and individuals with dyslexia often demonstrate persistent deficits in WM, we hypothesized that individuals with dyslexia would perform more…
Descriptors: Sentences, Dyslexia, Short Term Memory, Reading Ability
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Corkett, Julie K.; Parrila, Rauno – Annals of Dyslexia, 2008
We examined whether university students who report a significant history of reading difficulties (RD; n=24) differed from university students with no history of reading difficulties (NRD; n=31) in how sentence context affects word recognition. Experiment 1 found no differences in how congruent sentence primes or syntactic manipulations of the…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Sentences, Word Recognition, Language Processing