Reading comprehension is both incremental and segmental—and the balance may shift with aging

Elizabeth A.L. Stine-Morrow, Giavanna S. McCall

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

Abstract

Language processing relies on both incremental processing in which ongoing input is used to activate meaning on the fly (immediacy) and segmental processing in which the mental representation is consolidated (integration). We review the history of this distinction and evidence for how these processes work together to balance quick processing of rapid input with consolidation, and consider how these processes change with age.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationCognitive Aging
EditorsKara D. Federmeier, Brennan R. Payne
PublisherAcademic Press Inc.
Pages263-290
Number of pages28
ISBN (Print)9780323990240
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2022

Publication series

NamePsychology of Learning and Motivation - Advances in Research and Theory
Volume77
ISSN (Print)0079-7421

Keywords

  • Cognitive aging
  • Integration
  • Reading comprehension
  • Segmentation
  • Wrap-up

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Social Psychology
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology

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