Memoria de trabajo, mecanismos inhibitorios y rendimiento lecto-comprensivo en grupos de comprendedores de secundaria básica

The process of reading comprehension involves a group of interrelated variables. Several studies have presented the role of working memory and the inhibition process in reading comprehension skills. The aim of this research is double, on one side to assess the relationship between working memory, inhibitory processes and reading comprehension in adolescents belonging to the first year of secondary school of 12 and 13 years old, in two groups of comprehension levels; and on the other hand, to analyze the differences in executive performance of working memory and inhibitory processes in different levels of reading comprehension (high and poor performance). A number of tests were carried out to assess the level of reading comprehension, verbal skills, reading fluency, working memory and inhibitory processes. Results show that levels of reading comprehension, working memory, inhibitory processes (deletion and restraint) and verbal skills are related. The evidence suggests that the groups of different levels of reading comprehension show significant differences in their working memory, inhibitory processes and verbal skills performance.