The role of illustrations in children's inferential comprehension

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 243-255

  Pike, Meredith M ^a   Barnes, Marcia A ^b   Barron, Roderick W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Illustrations; Inferencing; Reading comprehension; Situation models; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISION;

CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; SEMANTICS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 75449091566     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2009.10.006     Document Type: Article

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