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It feels easy for us to comprehend texts.

If we're well-practice, that it feels easy.

But it's actually a lot of cognitive

operations going on behind the scenes. This is Susan Lambert and welcome to Science of Reading

the podcast from Amplify. Today we continue our season 10 deep dive into comprehension by

examining two key topics.

First, we're going to explore the cognitive processes underlying comprehension.

Then we're also going to look into the consequences of incorrect information and the lasting

impact incorrect information can have on comprehension.

Before I introduce today's guest, let me remind you to submit your own questions about

comprehension at amplify.com slash SOR mailbag.

And now, my guest for these weighty topics is Dr. David N. Rapp, the Walter Dill Scott Professor of Education, Social Policy, and Psychology at Northwestern University.

I think his official bio sums up his work nicely.

Dr. Rapp's research examines language and memory, focusing on the cognitive mechanisms

responsible for successful learning and for knowledge failures. I can't wait to dive into all of that,

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