Executive Function and Reading Comprehension: A Meta-Analytic Review

• In Event: 29.083 - Poster Session 4
  In Poster Session: 29.083-4 - Poster Session 3: Cognitive Processes

Abstract

The current study presents a meta-analytic review of the relationship between executive function and reading comprehension. Results (N = 6,673) supported a moderate positive association between executive function and reading comprehension (r = 0.36). The association was consistent in younger age ranges and for the executive functions of working memory, planning, and shifting. The association was slightly weaker among adult learners and for the executive function of inhibition. Moderator analyses suggested that correlations between executive function and reading comprehension did not vary systematically by age range, type of executive function measure used, or whether the study was a dissertation or a published article but did vary by type of executive function examined in the studies.

Authors

• D. Jake Follmer, Salisbury University

• Rayne A. Sperling, The Pennsylvania State University