Patricia Carpenter (psychologist) explained

Patricia A. Carpenter is a psychologist who, as of 1997, held the Lee and Marge Gregg Professorship of Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University.^[1] Carpenter has studied individual variability in working memory,^[2] comprehension rates in speed reading,^{[3] [4]} and how brain function during complex cognitive tasks appears in functional magnetic resonance imaging.^[5] With Marcel Just, she coauthored The Psychology of Reading and Language Comprehension (1987).^{[6] [7]}

Education and career

Carpenter earned her Ph.D. in 1972 from Stanford University, and on earning her doctorate joined the Carnegie Mellon University faculty.^[8]

Selected publications

• Daneman . Meredyth . Carpenter . Patricia A. . August 1980 . Individual differences in working memory and reading . Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior . en . 19 . 4 . 450–466 . 10.1016/S0022-5371(80)90312-6.
• Just . Marcel A. . Carpenter . Patricia A. . 1992 . A capacity theory of comprehension: Individual differences in working memory. . Psychological Review . en . 99 . 1 . 122–149 . 10.1037/0033-295X.99.1.122 . 2241367 . 1939-1471.
• Just . Marcel A. . Carpenter . Patricia A. . 1980 . A theory of reading: From eye fixations to comprehension. . Psychological Review . en . 87 . 4 . 329–354 . 10.1037/0033-295X.87.4.329 . 1939-1471.

External links

• Patricia Carpenter's Biography - CMU Department of Psychology
• Patricia Carpenter's Biography - Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition
• Quantum Ontology: Minds, Brains, and Catalysts

Notes and References

1. Web site: Carnegie Mellon Facts 1997, Volume 11. February 1997. Alexander. Macpherson. Carnegie Mellon University. 2022-04-04.
2. Waldrop . M. Mitchell . 1987 . The Workings of Working Memory . Science . 237 . 4822 . 1564–1567 . 10.1126/science.3629256 . 1699777 . 3629256 . 0036-8075.
3. Web site: Dunn . Marcia . 1987-04-12 . 'War and Peace' in 15 Minutes? : Speed-Reading Cuts Time, and Comprehension . 2022-04-04 . Los Angeles Times . en-US.
4. Web site: Adams . Cecil . 1992-02-14 . Does speed reading training actually work? . 2022-04-04 . . en.
5. Koprowski . Gene J. . 1997-12-30 . Hacking the Human CPU . en-US . Wired . 2022-04-04 . 1059-1028.
6. Rothkopf . Ernst Z. . 1987 . The Eyes Have It: Two Books on Reading and Comprehension . Educational Researcher . 16 . 9 . 45–47 . 10.2307/1175731 . 1175731 . 0013-189X.
7. Schreiner . Robert . 1988 . Review of The Psychology of Reading and Language Comprehension . Journal of Reading . 31 . 8 . 773–774 . 40032974 . 0022-4103.
8. Book: Mind Matters: A Tribute To Allen Newell. David M.. Steier. Tom M.. Mitchell. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. 1996. 9781317781257. 434.