The neural correlates of strategic reading comprehension: Cognitive control and discourse comprehension

NeuroImage

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 675-686

  Moss, Jarrod ^a   Schunn, Christian D ^b   Schneider, Walter ^b   McNamara, Danielle S ^c   VanLehn, Kurt ^d  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c University of Memphis   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

FMRI; Reading comprehension; Reading strategies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGULAR GYRUS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; INSULA; LINGUAL GYRUS; MALE; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; NERVE; NEUROIMAGING; PRECUNEUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS; VERBALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; READING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051792210     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.06.034     Document Type: Article

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