TY - JOUR
T1 - The neural correlates of strategic reading comprehension
T2 - Cognitive control and discourse comprehension
AU - Moss, Jarrod
AU - Schunn, Christian D.
AU - Schneider, Walter
AU - McNamara, Danielle
AU - VanLehn, Kurt
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ( NBCH090053 ). The views, opinions, and/or findings contained in this article are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as representing the official views or policies, either expressed or implied, of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency or the Department of Defense. The authors would like to thank Melissa Thomas, Kevin Jarbo, and Adrienne McGrail for their assistance with data collection.
PY - 2011/9/15
Y1 - 2011/9/15
N2 - Neuroimaging studies of text comprehension conducted thus far have shed little light on the brain mechanisms underlying strategic learning from text. Thus, the present study was designed to answer the question of what brain areas are active during performance of complex reading strategies. Reading comprehension strategies are designed to improve a reader's comprehension of a text. For example, self-explanation is a complex reading strategy that enhances existing comprehension processes. It was hypothesized that reading strategies would involve areas of the brain that are normally involved in reading comprehension along with areas that are involved in strategic control processes because the readers are intentionally using a complex reading strategy. Subjects were asked to reread, paraphrase, and self-explain three different texts in a block design fMRI study. Activation was found in both executive control and comprehension areas, and furthermore, learning from text was associated with activation in the anterior prefrontal cortex (aPFC). The authors speculate that the aPFC may play a role in coordinating the internal and external modes of thought that are necessary for integrating new knowledge from texts with prior knowledge.
AB - Neuroimaging studies of text comprehension conducted thus far have shed little light on the brain mechanisms underlying strategic learning from text. Thus, the present study was designed to answer the question of what brain areas are active during performance of complex reading strategies. Reading comprehension strategies are designed to improve a reader's comprehension of a text. For example, self-explanation is a complex reading strategy that enhances existing comprehension processes. It was hypothesized that reading strategies would involve areas of the brain that are normally involved in reading comprehension along with areas that are involved in strategic control processes because the readers are intentionally using a complex reading strategy. Subjects were asked to reread, paraphrase, and self-explain three different texts in a block design fMRI study. Activation was found in both executive control and comprehension areas, and furthermore, learning from text was associated with activation in the anterior prefrontal cortex (aPFC). The authors speculate that the aPFC may play a role in coordinating the internal and external modes of thought that are necessary for integrating new knowledge from texts with prior knowledge.
KW - FMRI
KW - Reading comprehension
KW - Reading strategies
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U2 - 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.06.034
DO - 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.06.034
M3 - Article
C2 - 21741484
AN - SCOPUS:80051792210
SN - 1053-8119
VL - 58
SP - 675
EP - 686
JO - NeuroImage
JF - NeuroImage
IS - 2
ER -