Explanation-based inferences generation in expository texts comprehension: The role of working memory and specific prior knowledge Generación de inferencias explicativas en la comprensión de textos expositivos: el rol de la memoria de trabajo y el conocimiento previo específico

BARREYRO, JUAN PABLO; INJOQUE-RICLE, IRENE; ÁLVAREZ-DREXLER, ANDREA; FORMOSO, JESICA; BURIN, DEBORA I.

Suma Psicologica

Fundacion Universitaria Konrad Lorenz

Lugar: Bogota; Año: 2017 vol. 24 p. 17 - 24

0121-4381

The aim of this research is to study the relationship between working memory, previous knowledge, and explanation-based inferences in expository text reading. To this effect, 167 undergraduates completed three working memory tasks, and two climate change and astronomy questionnaires, after reading two expository texts on these subjects. The results of the correlations and paths analyses show that, while working memory and specific previous domain knowledge are related to the generation of explanatory and reinstatement inferences, there is a mediation interaction relationship between these variables that explains their role in the generation of inferences.