| Abstract: | Conducted 2 experiments to explore the interplay between reading subcomponent efficiency and comprehension processes in terms of resource competition. In Exp 1, adults were tested on the efficiency of lexical access, semantic memory access, verbal working memory span, contextual priming, and the efficiency with which anaphors are resolved. The profile was used to predict the efficiency of high-level inference generation when readers control the pace of reading. In Exp 2, this profile was used to predict the efficiency of high-level inferencing as text was presented at a preset rate. The data suggest that when readers control reading rate, they compensate for subcomponent inefficiency such that high-level comprehension is unrelated to this inefficiency. However, when they must follow along, those who possess more efficient reading subcomponents make high-level inferences more efficiently. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
