Examining the Effects of Visual and Verbal Thoughts on Reading Outcomes

EasyChair Preprint 6153

Abstract

Little research has examined the phenomenological experiences of reading. We investigated whether perspective-taking influenced readers’ experiences of visual and verbal thoughts and how they related to comprehension and transportation. Participants (n=147) received perspective-taking or control instructions, then read a narrative while being periodically asked to rate their thought characteristics. There were no main effects of condition. Visual imagery was positively associated with comprehension and transportation; conversely, verbal-thinking was negatively associated with comprehension but not transportation.

Keyphrases: Transportation, perspective taking, reading comprehension, verbal-thinking, visual imagery

@booklet{EasyChair:6153,
  author    = {Püren Öncel and Sarah D. Creer and Caitlin S. Mills and Laura K. Allen},
  title     = {Examining the Effects of Visual and Verbal Thoughts on Reading Outcomes},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 6153},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2021}}