ERIC Number: EJ1437106
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-0163-853X
EISSN: EISSN-1532-6950
The Effects of Visuospatial Working Memory on Older Adults' Bridging Inference Processing in Visual Narrative Comprehension
Feng Zhao; Lin Fan; Jiao Zhang; Yan-e Liu; Jiaxing Jiang; Tongfei Bing
Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, v61 n8 p404-419 2024
This experiment employed viewing time methods to investigate the effects of individual differences in visuospatial working memory (VWM) on the processing of older adults' bridging inferences in the understanding of visual narratives. The results showed that older adults could make bridging inferences in visual narrative processing, and that VWM had no significant effect on the generation of older adults' bridging inferences in visual narrative comprehension. The findings of this study have the potential to enrich and advance the theories and models related to discourse comprehension and its inference processing, and they would have important implications for using visual media to facilitate training in inference processing.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Older Adults, Short Term Memory, Spatial Ability, Visual Learning, Visual Literacy, Visual Perception, Inferences, Comprehension
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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