Psychology

The neural and cognitive basis of expository text comprehension

T. A. Keller, R. A. Mason, et al.

Explore how readers' brains respond to expository technical texts: better comprehension engages the left inferior frontal gyrus, left superior parietal lobe, bilateral dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, and hippocampus—regions for mental model building and integrating new and prior knowledge—while poorer comprehension links to ventromedial prefrontal cortex and precuneus involvement. This research was conducted by Timothy A. Keller, Robert A. Mason, Aliza E. Legg, and Marcel Adam Just.... show more

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