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- Description
- 1 online resource (xvi, 421 pages) : illustrations
- Summary
- "Inferencing is defined as 'the act of deriving logical conclusions from premises known or assumed to be true', and it is one of the most important processes necessary for successful comprehension during reading. This volume features contributions by distinguished researchers in cognitive psychology, educational psychology, and neuroscience on topics central to our understanding of the inferential process during reading. The chapters cover aspects of inferencing that range from the fundamental bottom up processes that form the basis for an inference to occur, to the more strategic processes that transpire when a reader is engaged in literary understanding of a text. Basic activation mechanisms, word-level inferencing, methodological considerations, inference validation, causal inferencing, emotion, development of inferences processes as a skill, embodiment, contributions from neuroscience, and applications to naturalistic text are all covered as well as expository text and online learning materials, and literary immersion"--
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. Comprehending implicit meanings in text without making inferences / Charles A. Perfetti and Joseph Z. Stafura -- 2. Passive activation and instantiation of inferences during reading / Anne E. Cook and Edward J. O'Brien -- 3. Cognitive theories in discourse-processing research / Gail McKoon and Roger Ratcliff -- 4. Validation of text and discourse inferences-- and explicit content / Murray Singer -- 5. Inference generation in text comprehension: automatic and strategic processes in the construction of a mental representation / Paul van den Broek, Katinka Beker and Marja Oudega -- 6. Emotion inferences during reading: going beyond the tip of the iceberg / Pascal Gygax and Christelle Gillioz -- 7. Inference processing in children: the contributions of depth and breadth of vocabulary knowledge / Jane Oakhill, Kate Cain and Diana McCarthy -- 8. A general inference skill / Panayiota Kendeou -- 9. Toward an embodied approach to inferences in comprehension: the case of action language / Manuel de Vega -- 10. The cognitive and neural correlates of individual differences in inferential processes / Chantel S. Prat and Brianna L. Yamasaki -- 11. Inferences during text comprehension: what neuroscience can (or cannot) contribute / Evelyn C. Ferstl -- 12. Causal inferences and world knowledge / Leo Noordman, Wietske Vonk, Reinier Cozijn and Stefan Frank -- 13. Constructing inferences in naturalistic reading contexts / Arthur C. Graesser, Haiying Li and Shi Feng -- 14. Inference generation during online study and multimedia learning / Kirsten R. Butcher and Sarah Davies -- 15. What about expository text? / Robert F. Lorch, Jr -- 16. The role of inferences in narrative experiences / Richard J. Gerrig and William G. Wenzel -- 17. Interpretive inferences in literature / Susan R. Goldman, Kathryn S. McCarthy and Candice Burkett.
- ISBN
- 9781316332559
- 1316332551
- 9781316319178
- 1316319172
- 9781107279186
- 1107279186
- LCCN
- 40024839780
- OCLC
- 908254309
- Title
Inferences during reading / edited by Edward J. O'Brien (University of New Hampshire), Anne E. Cook (University of Utah), Robert F. Lorch, Jr. (University of Kentucky).
- Publisher
Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
- Type of Content
text
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Source of description
Print version record.
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- Added Author
O'Brien, Edward J., editor.
Cook, Anne E., editor.
Lorch, Robert F., editor.
- Other Form:
Print version: O'Brien, Edward J. Inferences during reading. First Edition 9781107049796 (DLC) 2014044901 (OCoLC)894935703
- Other Standard Identifier
40024839780