ANNE E COOK
Director, Martha Bradley Evans Center for Teaching Excellence , University of Utah, Ctle Ctr Teach & Learning Ed
Professor, Educational Psychology
Research Summary: My research focuses on the cognitive processes involved in adult reading comprehension. This research is grounded in theories of memory retrieval, in that basic memory processes can be used to explain complex phenomena that occur during reading. Phenomena investigated in my lab include reactivation and validation of text contents, the role of general world knowledge in comprehension, inference generation, conceptual components of word processing, and figurative language comprehension.
Equipment:
Expertise in use of eye tracking technology for studying cognitive processes involved in complex tasks (e.g., reading, problem solving, web search, deception).