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Reading Span

Reading Span is a cognitive metric that measures an individual's working memory capacity for processing and retaining linguistic information during reading by assessing the maximum amount of text one can comprehend and recall in correct order across a series of sentences.

332

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29.2K

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770

Authors

374

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2017–2026

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332

Children's Reading Comprehension Ability: Concurrent Prediction by Working Memory, Verbal Ability, and Component Skills.

Kate Cain, Jane Oakhill, Peter Bryant · Journal of Educational Psychology · 2004 · 1.5K citations · Full text

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The span of the effective stimulus during a fixation in reading

George W. McConkie, Keith Rayner · Perception & Psychophysics · 1975 · 1.3K citations · Full text

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The perceptual span and peripheral cues in reading

Keith Rayner · Cognitive Psychology · 1975 · 1.1K citations

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The separability of working memory resources for spatial thinking and language processing: An individual differences approach.

Priti Shah, Akira Miyake · Journal of Experimental Psychology General · 1996 · 894 citations

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Why does working memory capacity predict variation in reading comprehension? On the influence of mind wandering and executive attention.

Jennifer C. McVay, Michael J. Kane · Journal of Experimental Psychology General · 2011 · 574 citations · Full text

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Authors

770

  1. MO
    Mariko Osaka

    Kyoto University, Japan

    11 publications · 500 citations

    11

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  2. JR
    Jer­ker Rönnberg

    Linköping University, Sweden

    10 publications · 656 citations

    10

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  3. NO
    Naoyuki Osaka

    Kyoto University, Japan

    10 publications · 466 citations

    10

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  4. RW
    Randall W Engle

    Georgia Institute of Technology, United States

    9 publications · 2.3K citations

    9

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  5. JN
    John N. Towse

    Lancaster University, United Kingdom

    8 publications · 629 citations

    8

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Institutions

374

  1. Linköping University

    Linköping, Sweden

    17 h-index

    63 publications

    3.5K citations

  2. Swedish Institute

    Stockholm, Sweden

    12 h-index

    39 publications

    2.4K citations

  3. University of Colorado Boulder

    Boulder, United States

    11 h-index

    19 publications

    3K citations

  4. Kyoto University

    Kyoto, Japan

    11 h-index

    22 publications

    868 citations

  5. Oticon Medical (Denmark)

    Smorumnedre, Denmark

    10 h-index

    19 publications

    1K citations

  6. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    10 h-index

    23 publications

    1.6K citations

  7. Lancaster University

    Lancaster, United Kingdom

    9 h-index

    15 publications

    1.1K citations

  8. The University of Osaka

    Osaka, Japan

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    456 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Educational Psychology

    18 publications · 2.6K citations

    13

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  2. Psychology and Aging

    11 publications · 1.2K citations

    11

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  3. Journal of Experimental Psychology General

    7 publications · 2.1K citations

    7

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  4. International Journal of Audiology

    7 publications · 378 citations

    7

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  5. Frontiers in Psychology

    7 publications · 431 citations

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