Marcel Adam Just

Research topics

• Reading and Literacy Development · 2 papers
• Child and Animal Learning Development · 1 paper
• Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · 1 paper
• Text Readability and Simplification · 1 paper
• Educational Strategies and Epistemologies · 1 paper

Frequent co-authors

• Patricia A. Carpenter · 2 papers

Papers

1. A capacity theory of comprehension: Individual differences in working memory.Psychological Review · 1992 · 4,158 citations

   A theory of the way working memory capacity constrains comprehension is proposed. The theory proposes that both processing and storage are mediated by activation and that the total amount of activation available in working memory varies among individuals. Individual differences…

2. A theory of reading: From eye fixations to comprehension.Psychological Review · 1980 · 3,911 citations

   Carnegie-Mellon University This article presents a model of reading comprehension that accounts for the allocation of eye fixations of college students reading scientific passages. The model deals with processing at the level of words, clauses, and text units. Readers make…