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Professor Kate Cain

Professor, Research Group Lead: Language and Literacy

  1. 2025
  2. Published

    Reading from Paper, Computers, and Tablets in the First Grade: The Role of Comprehension Monitoring

    Florit, E., De Carli, P., Rodà, A., Cain, K. & Mason, L., 30/04/2025, In: Computers and Education Open. 8, 13 p., 100243.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  3. E-pub ahead of print

    The effect of preschool vocabulary and grammar on early reading comprehension and word reading: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Jago, L., Monaghan, P., Alcock, K. & Cain, K., 31/05/2025, In: Educational Research Review. 47, 100680.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  4. 2024
  5. Published

    A Children’s Narrative Retells: The Influence of Character Realism and Storybook Theme on Central and Peripheral Detail

    Russell, S. J., Cain, K. & Wang, J., 30/11/2024, In: Early Education and Development. 35, 8, p. 1789-1808 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  6. Published

    Statistical learning ability at 17 months relates to early reading skills via oral language

    Monaghan, P., Jago, L. S., Speyer, L., Turnbull, H., Alcock, K. J., Rowland, C. F. & Cain, K., 31/10/2024, In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 246, 106002.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  7. Forthcoming

    The influence of reader and text characteristics on sixth graders’ inference making

    Cain, K., Currie, N., Francey, G., Davies, R., Gray, S., Bridges, M., Restrepo, M. A., Thompson, M. & Ciraolo, M. F., 8/10/2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Research in Reading.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  8. Forthcoming

    The relationship between specific reading difficulties and reading motivation dimensions

    Jeldrez, E., Silva, M. & Cain, K., 7/10/2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Reading and Writing.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  9. E-pub ahead of print

    Word recognition thresholds in novice readers: Exploring when reading and listening comprehension are comparable

    Garcia, J. R., Sanchez, E., Calvo, N. & Cain, K., 23/07/2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Reading and Writing.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  10. Published

    Application of cluster analysis to identify different reader groups through their engagement with a digital reading supplement

    Ma, Y., Ushakova, A. & Cain, K., 1/06/2024, In: Computers and Education. 214, 105025.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Differential contributions of home literacy, vocabulary and grammar on narrative production and comprehension

    Silva, M. & Cain, K., 1/06/2024, In: European Journal of Psychology of Education. 39, p. 1229–1259

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  12. Forthcoming

    The Influence of Story Character Realism and Theme on Protagonists’ Internal States and Dialogue in Children’s Retells.  

    Russell, S. J., Wang, J. & Cain, K., 19/05/2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Cognitive Development.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  13. Published

    The association between morphological awareness and reading comprehension in children: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Liu, Y., Groen, M. & Cain, K., 29/02/2024, In: Educational Research Review. 42, 100571.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  14. Published

    The roles of prosody in Chinese-English reading comprehension

    Tong, S. X., Tsui , R. K. Y., Law, N. S. H., Fung, L. S. C., Chiu, M. M. & Cain, K., 28/02/2024, In: Learning and Instruction. 89, 101846.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  15. 2023
  16. Published

    Learning to generalise but not segment an artificial language at 17 months predicts children’s language skills 3 years later

    Monaghan, P., Donnelly, S., Alcock, K., Bidgood, A., Cain, K., Durrant, S., Frost, R., Jago, L., Peter, M., Pine, J. M., Turnbull, H. & Rowland, C., 31/12/2023, In: Cognitive Psychology. 147, 101607, 101607.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  17. Published

    The role of comprehension monitoring in predicting reading comprehension among French immersion children

    Krenca, K., Cain, K., Marinova-Todd, S. H. & Chen, B. X., 2/11/2023, In: Scientific Studies of Reading. 27, 6, p. 475-492

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  18. Forthcoming

    Children’s development of conversational and reading inference skills: A call for a collaborative approach

    Wilson, E., Cain, K., Davies, C., Gibson, J., Joseph, H., Serratrice, L. & Vogelzang, M., 20/10/2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Language Development Research .

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  19. Published

    The problem of reading motivation multidimensionality: Theoretical and statistical evaluation of a reading motivation scale

    Jeldrez, E., Cain, K., Silva, M. & Strasser, K., 3/10/2023, In: Reading Psychology. 44, 7, p. 853-891 39 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  20. Published

    Developmental differences in children’s generation of knowledge-based inferences

    Currie, N. & Cain, K., 30/09/2023, In: Discourse Processes. 60, 6, p. 440-456 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  21. Published

    Text integration processes in children with Childhood Epilepsy with Centro-Temporal Spikes

    Francey, G., Currie, N., Lew, A., de Goede, D. C., Basu, H. & Cain, K., 31/05/2023, In: Epilepsy Research. 192, 11 p., 107136.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  22. Published

    The associations between child and item characteristics, use of vocabulary scaffolds, and reading comprehension in a digital environment: Insights from a big data approach

    Diprossimo, L., Ushakova, A., Zoski, J., Gamble, H., Irey, R. & Cain, K., 30/04/2023, In: Contemporary Educational Psychology. 73, 102165.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  23. Published

    The influence of the temporal characteristics of events on adults' and children's pronoun resolution

    Francey, G. & Cain, K., 31/03/2023, In: Journal of Child Language. 50, 2, p. 391-416 26 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  24. 2022
  25. Published

    Discourse Rules: The Effects of Clause Order Principles on the Reading Process

    Scholman, M., Blything, L., Cain, K., Hoek, J. & Evers-Vermeul, J., 30/11/2022, In: Language, Cognition and Neuroscience. 37, 10, p. 1277-1291 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  26. Published

    Impacts of the Let’s Know! Curriculum on the Language and Comprehension-Related Skills of Prekindergarten and Kindergarten Children

    Language and Reading Research Consortium, Lo, M.-T. & Xu, M., 31/08/2022, In: Journal of Educational Psychology. 114, 6, p. 1205–1224 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  27. Published

    The effect of prompts on the shared reading interactions of parents and children with Down syndrome

    Burgoyne, K. & Cain, K., 31/08/2022, In: International Journal of Disability, Development and Education. 69, 4, p. 1327-1341 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  28. Published

    The Animals in Moral Tales: Does Character Realism Influence Children’s Prosocial Response to Stories?

    Russell, S. J. & Cain, K., 31/07/2022, In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 219, 105392.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  29. Published

    Predicting language performance from narrative language samples

    Murphy, K., Springle, A., Sultani, M., McIlraith, A. & Language and Reading Research Consortium (LARRC), 8/02/2022, In: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 65, 2, p. 775-784 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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