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Coherence formation during narrative text processing: a comparison between auditory and audiovisual text presentation

Wienke Wannagat1, Gesine Waizenegger2, Gerhild Nieding2

  • 1Department of Psychology, Developmental Psychology, University of Würzburg, Röntgenring 10, 97070, Würzburg, Germany. wienke.wannagat@uni-wuerzburg.de.

Cognitive Processing
|January 6, 2021
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Summary

Audiovisual presentation aids children in understanding narrative texts better than auditory alone. This method enhances their ability to connect story elements for both local and global coherence.

Keywords:
ChildrenCoherenceMultimodal narrativesText comprehension

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