In the present study we hypothesized that the gist representation of a picture (extracted from brief initial inspection) supports inference generation from subsequent text, which in turn should foster comprehension. Moreover, we proposed that longer inspection of a picture is necessary to provide learners with an alternative representation that fosters mental animation and recall. Participants ...

Brain activation associated with normal and speeded comprehension of expository texts on familiar and unfamiliar topics was investigated in reading and listening. The goal was to determine how brain activation and the comprehension processes it reflects are modulated by comprehension speed and topic familiarity. Passages on more familiar topics differentially activated a set of areas in the ant...

Semantic comprehension-based and machine learning based are two major methods for the classification of Chinese sentiment. The advantage of semantic comprehension-based method is that it can classify text among domains and achieve satisfied portability. However, the accuracy of classification is limited. Although the accuracy derived from supervised machine learning method is much better, the p...

In this study, 58 Norwegian undergraduates read 10 paragraphs on a relatively unfamiliar topic. Verbal protocol analysis was used to assess strategic text processing at different levels of depth, and post-reading written reports the topic were comprehension. Findings indicated that irrelevant negatively combination surface- deeper-level strategies positively related comprehension performance, b...