The role of long-term working memory in text comprehension

Walter Kintsch; Vimla L. Patel; K. Anders Ericsson

The role of long-term working memory in text comprehension

Walter Kintsch
, Vimla L. Patel
, K. Anders Ericsson

Arizona State University

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Abstract

A distinction is made between short-term working memory, which is capacity limited, and long-term working memory, which is available to experts in their domain of expertise. Text comprehension is viewed as expert performance. The role of long-term working memory in text comprehension is analyzed, with an emphasis on the activation of relevant knowledge during comprehension. Latent semantic analysis used to model knowledge activation in text comprehension.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	186-198
Number of pages	13
Journal	Psychologia
Volume	42
Issue number	4
State	Published - Dec 1 1999

Keywords

Long-term working memory
Text comprehension

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General Psychology

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