Introduction: Advances in text comprehension: Model, process and development

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 293-301

  Verhoeven, Ludo ^a,c   Perfetti, Charles ^b,d  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c Behavioral Science Institute   (Netherlands)

^d Learning Research and Development Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; EDITORIAL; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEARNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; WORD RECOGNITION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 42449094510     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1417     Document Type: Editorial

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