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工作记忆容量对中国学生主题推理影响的研究

范琳, 刘振前

范琳, 刘振前. 工作记忆容量对中国学生主题推理影响的研究[J]. 北京航空航天大学学报社会科学版, 2013, 26(4): 93-97.
引用本文: 范琳, 刘振前. 工作记忆容量对中国学生主题推理影响的研究[J]. 北京航空航天大学学报社会科学版, 2013, 26(4): 93-97.
Fan Lin, Liu Zhenqian. A Study of the Effects of Working Memory Capacity on Chinese EFL Learners' Thematic Inferential Processing[J]. Journal of Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Social Sciences Edition, 2013, 26(4): 93-97.
Citation: Fan Lin, Liu Zhenqian. A Study of the Effects of Working Memory Capacity on Chinese EFL Learners' Thematic Inferential Processing[J]. Journal of Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Social Sciences Edition, 2013, 26(4): 93-97.

工作记忆容量对中国学生主题推理影响的研究

基金项目: 国家社会科学基金资助项目(12BYY046);教育部人文社会科学研究规划基金资助项目(12YJA740013)
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    作者简介:

    范琳(1965—),女,山东高密人,教授,博士,研究方向为第二语言习得、心理语言学.

  • 中图分类号: H08; B842.3

A Study of the Effects of Working Memory Capacity on Chinese EFL Learners' Thematic Inferential Processing

  • 摘要: 采用阅读时间法,以工作记忆容量为被试间变量、故事和主题启动条件为被试内变量考察了英语专业本科生叙事主题推理的实时加工过程.结果表明:工作记忆容量存在显著主效用,高工作记忆被试能够产出即时主题推理,而低工作记忆被试则相对缺乏这种能力;启动条件存在显著主效用,但启动条件与工作记忆容量间没有明显的交互作用.
    Abstract: This experiment was designed to explore the effects of working memory capacity to Chinese EFL Learners' thematic inferential processing during text comprehension. The experiment adopted reading time method with working memory capacity being between participant variable and the priming conditions within participant variable. The participants of this experiment were non-English major college students, and their online thematic inferential processing during narrative text comprehension was examined. Analyses of the data pointed to the following two major findings of this experiment. Firstly, there is a significant main effect of working memory capacity. That is, high working memory capacity participants were able to draw thematic inferences online, whereas their low working memory counterparts showed relative failure to do so. Secondly, there was a significant main effect of priming conditions, but the interaction between the priming conditions and working memory capacity was not statistically significant.
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  • 收稿日期:  2012-08-05
  • 发布日期:  2013-07-24

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