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Reading Load

Reading Load is a cognitive load construct that specifically denotes the mental effort required to process and comprehend textual information during reading tasks, differentiated from other forms of cognitive load by its focus on linguistic and textual complexity factors inherent in written materials.

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2017–2026

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What Reading Does for the Mind.

Anne E. Cunningham, Keith E. Stanovich · The American Educator · 1998 · 567 citations

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Cognitive load in reading a foreign language text with multimedia aids and the influence of verbal and spatial abilities

Jan L. Plass, Dorothy M. Chun, Richard E. Mayer et al. · Computers in Human Behavior · 2003 · 325 citations

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A Comparison of Children’s Reading on Paper Versus Screen: A Meta-Analysis

May Irene Furenes, Natalia Kucirkova, Adriana G. Bus · Review of Educational Research · 2021 · 277 citations · Full text

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Task effectiveness and word learning in a second language: The involvement load hypothesis on trial

Gregory D. Keating · Language Teaching Research · 2008 · 225 citations

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Cognitive Load and Learner Expertise: Split-Attention and Redundancy Effects in Reading with Explanatory Notes

Alexander Seeshing Yeung, Putai Jin, John Sweller · Contemporary Educational Psychology · 1998 · 205 citations

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Authors

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  1. BK
    Bruce K. Britton

    University of Georgia, United States

    9 publications · 512 citations

    9

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  2. RD
    Robert D. Westbrook

    5 publications · 197 citations

    5

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  3. TS
    Timothy S. Holdredge

    4 publications · 185 citations

    4

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  4. FG
    Frank Goldhammer

    DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education, Germany

    3 publications · 93 citations

    3

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  5. JR
    Jean‐François Rouet

    Université de Poitiers, France

    3 publications · 126 citations

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Institutions

103

  1. UNSW Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    5 h-index

    12 publications

    1K citations

  2. DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education

    Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    223 citations

  3. University of Salzburg

    Salzburg, Austria

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    304 citations

  4. Centre de Recherches sur la Cognition et l'Apprentissage

    Poitiers, France

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    126 citations

  5. University of Georgia

    Athens, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    286 citations

  6. University of Stavanger

    Stavanger, Norway

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    875 citations

  7. Université de Poitiers

    Poitiers, France

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    266 citations

  8. New York University

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    388 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Educational Psychology

    6 publications · 405 citations

    6

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  2. Computers in Human Behavior

    4 publications · 728 citations

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  3. Memory & Cognition

    3 publications · 221 citations

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