Sequential Coherence in Sentence Pairs Enhances Imagery during Comprehension: An Individual Differences Study.

ABSTRACT: The present study investigates how sequential coherence in sentence pairs (events in sequence vs. unrelated events) affects the perceived ability to form a mental image of the sentences for both auditory and visual presentations. In addition, we investigated how the ease of event imagery affected online comprehension (word reading times) in the case of sequentially coherent and incoherent sentence pairs. Two groups of comprehenders were identified based on their self-reported ability to form vivid mental images of described events. Imageability ratings were higher and faster for pairs of sentences that described events in coherent sequences rather than non-sequential events, especially for high imagers. Furthermore, reading times on individual words suggested different comprehension patter

SUBMITTER: Madden-Lombardi C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4575052 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature