scholarly journals Low working memory capacity is only spuriously related to poor reading comprehension

Cognition ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 131 (3) ◽  
pp. 373-403 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie A. Van Dyke ◽  
Clinton L. Johns ◽  
Anuenue Kukona
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Working Memory Capacity ◽  
Memory Capacity ◽  
Poor Reading

scholarly journals Working memory capacity, content familiarity, and university EFL students’ reading comprehension

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dwi Fita Heriyawati ◽  
Ali Saukah ◽  
Utami Widiati
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Working Memory Capacity ◽  
Private University ◽  
Memory Capacity ◽  
Moderator Variable ◽  
Content Familiarity ◽  
Main Independent Variable ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Senior Students

This study explores the effect of working memory capacity (WMC) and content familiarity (CF) on EFL reading comprehension. Seventy senior students from a private university in Malang, Indonesia, were involved in the study, having been selected based on their English proficiency of at least pre-advanced level. These students were required to complete a reading span test for the WMC and a multiple-choice reading test based on CF. The findings of this study show that there is no interaction effect between WMC as the main independent variable and CF as the moderator variable; this implies that the students with higher WMC comprehend texts better than those with lower WMC, regardless of whether they are familiar or not with the texts.

Working-memory capacity and reading comprehension in young and older adults

1994 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 110-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie-France Ehrlich ◽  
Janie Br�bion ◽  
Hubert Tardieu
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Working Memory ◽  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Working Memory Capacity ◽  
Memory Capacity
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