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Professor Kate Cain

Professor, Research Group Lead: Language and Literacy

  1. 2011
  2. Published

    The influence of connectives on young readers' processing and comprehension of text.

    Cain, K. & Nash, H. M., 05/2011, In: Journal of Educational Psychology. 103, 2, p. 429-441 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  3. Published

    What we have learned from 'learning to read in more than one language'.

    Deacon, H. & Cain, K., 02/2011, In: Journal of Research in Reading. 34, 1, p. 1-5 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineEditorialpeer-review

  4. 2010
  5. Published

    Reading development and difficulties: an introduction.

    Cain, K., 2010, Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. 260 p. (BPS Textbooks in Psychology)

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  6. Published

    Reading for meaning: the skills that drive comprehension development

    Cain, K., 2010, Interdisciplinary perspectives on learning to read: culture, cognition and pedagogy. Hall, K., Goswami, U., Harrison, C., Ellis, S. & Soler, J. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 74-86 13 p. (Routledge Psychology in Education).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  7. 2009
  8. Published

    The development of idiom comprehension: an investigation of semantic and contextual processing skills.

    Cain, K., Towse, A. S. & Knight, R. S., 03/2009, In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 102, 3, p. 280-298 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  9. Published

    Children's reading comprehension difficulties: a consideration of the precursors and consequences

    Cain, K., 2009, Contemporary perspectives on reading and spelling . Wood, C. & Connelly, V. (eds.). Oxford: Routledge, p. 59-75 17 p. (New Perspectives on Learning and Instruction).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  10. Published

    Making sense of text : skills that support text comprehension and its development.

    Cain, K., 2009, In: Perspectives on Language and Literacy. 35, 2, p. 11-14 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal article

  11. Published

    Reading comprehension development from 8 to 14 years the contribution of component skills and processes

    Cain, K. & Oakhill, J., 2009, Beyond decoding: the behavioral and biological foundations of reading comprehension. Wagner, R. K., Schatschneider, C. & Phythian-Sence, C. (eds.). New York: The Guildford Press

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  12. Published

    Reading comprehension: nature, assessment and teaching.

    Snowling, M., Cain, K., Nation, K. & Oakhill, J., 2009, 8 p.

    Research output: Other contribution

  13. 2008
  14. Published

    To get hold of the wrong end of the stick: reasons for poor idiom understanding in children with reading comprehension difficulties.

    Cain, K. & Towse, A. S., 12/2008, In: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 51, 6, p. 1538-1549 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  15. 2007
  16. Published

    Deriving word meanings from context: does explanation facilitate contextual analysis?

    Cain, K., 11/2007, In: Journal of Research in Reading. 30, 4, p. 347-359 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  17. Published

    Pragmatic aspects of communication and language comprehension in groups of children differentiated by teacher ratings of inattention and hyperactivity.

    Bignell, S. & Cain, K., 11/2007, In: British Journal of Developmental Psychology. 25, 4, p. 499-512 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  18. Published

    Syntactic awareness and reading ability: is there any evidence for a special relationship?

    Cain, K., 28/09/2007, In: Applied Psycholinguistics. 28, 4, p. 679-694 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  19. Published

    Comprehension problems in children with specific language impairment: does mental imagery training help?

    Joffe, V., Cain, K. & Maric, N., 11/04/2007, In: International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders. 42, 6, p. 648-664 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  20. Published

    Children's Comprehension Problems in Oral and Written Language: A Cognitive Perspective.

    Cain, K. & Oakhill, J., 2007, New York: Guilford Press. 302 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  21. Published

    Introduction to comprehension development

    Oakhill, J. & Cain, K., 2007, Children's comprehension problems in oral and written text: a cognitive perspective . Cain, K. & Oakhill, J. (eds.). New York: Guilford Press, p. 3-40 38 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  22. Published

    Issues of causality in children’s reading comprehension

    Oakhill, J. & Cain, K., 2007, Reading comprehension strategies: theories, interventions, and technologies . McNamara, D. S. (ed.). Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, p. 47-72 26 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  23. Published

    Reading comprehension difficulties: correlates, causes, and consequence

    Cain, K. & Oakhill, J., 2007, Children's comprehension roblems in oral and written text: a cognitive perspective . Cain, K. & Oakhill, J. (eds.). New York: Guilford Press, p. 41-75 35 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  24. 2006
  25. Published

    Assessment matters: issues in the measurement of reading comprehension.

    Cain, K. & Oakhill, J., 12/2006, In: British Journal of Educational Psychology. 76, 4, p. 697-708 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  26. Published

    Profiles of children with specific reading comprehension difficulties.

    Cain, K. & Oakhill, J., 12/2006, In: British Journal of Educational Psychology. 76, 4, p. 683-696 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  27. Published

    Individual differences in children's memory and reading comprehension : an investigation of semantic and inhibitory deficits.

    Cain, K., 07/2006, In: Memory. 14, 5, p. 553 -569

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  28. Published

    Children's reading comprehension : the role of working memory in normal and impaired development.

    Cain, K., 2006, Working memory and education.. Pickering, S. J. (ed.). Amsterdam: Academic Press, p. 61-91 31 p. (Educational psychology series).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  29. Published

    Reading processes in children

    Cain, K., 2006, Encyclopedia of language and linguistics. Brown, K. (ed.). 2nd ed. ed. Oxford: Elsevier, Vol. 10. p. 379-386 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNEntry for encyclopedia/dictionary

  30. 2005
  31. Published

    Age- and ability-related differences in young readers’ use of conjunctions.

    Cain, K., Patson, N. & Andrews, L., 11/2005, In: Journal of Child Language. 32, 4, p. 877-892 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  32. Published

    The relation between children's reading comprehension level and their comprehension of idioms.

    Cain, K. E., Lemmon, K. & Oakhill, J., 1/01/2005, In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 90, p. 65-87 23 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  33. 2004
  34. Published

    Individual differences in the inference of word meanings from context: the influence of reading comprehension, vocabulary knowledge, and memory capacity.

    Cain, K., Lemmon, K. & Oakhill, J., 12/2004, In: Journal of Educational Psychology. 96, 4, p. 671-681 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  35. Published

    Children's reading comprehension ability: Concurrent prediction by working memory, verbal ability, and component skills.

    Cain, K. E., Bryant, P. E. & Oakhill, J., 03/2004, In: Journal of Educational Psychology. 96, 1, p. 31-42 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  36. Published

    Reading comprehension difficulties

    Cain, K., 2004, Handbook of children’s literacy . Nunes, T. & Bryant, P. (eds.). Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, p. 313-338 26 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  37. Published

    The development of comprehension skills

    Oakhill, J. V. & Cain, K., 2004, Handbook of children's literacy. Nunes, T. & Bryant, P. (eds.). Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, p. 155 180 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)

  38. 2003
  39. Published

    Text comprehension and its relation to coherence and cohesion in children’s fictional narratives.

    Cain, K., 09/2003, In: British Journal of Developmental Psychology. 21, 3, p. 335-351 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  40. Published

    The ability to learn new word meanings from context by school-age children with and without language comprehension difficulties

    Cain, K., Oakhill, J. V. & Elbro, C., 08/2003, In: Journal of Child Language. 30, 3, p. 681-694 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  41. Published

    The dissociation of word reading and text comprehension: Evidence from component skills.

    Oakhill, J. V., Cain, K. & Bryant, P. E., 2003, In: Language and Cognitive Processes. 18, 4, p. 443-468 26 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  42. 2001
  43. Published

    Comprehension skill, inference making ability and their relation to knowledge.

    Cain, K., Barnes, M. A., Bryant, P. E. & Oakhill, J. V., 1/09/2001, In: Memory and Cognition. 29, 6, p. 850-859 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  44. 2000
  45. Published

    Phonological skills and comprehension failure: a test of the phonological processing deficit hypothesis

    Cain, K., Oakhill, J. & Bryant, P. E., 09/2000, In: Reading and Writing. 13, 1-2, p. 31-56 26 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  46. Published

    Investigating the causes of reading comprehension failure: the comprehension-age match design.

    Cain, K., Oakhill, J. V. & Bryant, P. E., 03/2000, In: Reading and Writing. 12, 1-2, p. 31-40 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  47. Published

    Children’s difficulties in text comprehension: assessing causal issues

    Oakhill, J. & Cain, K., 2000, In: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education. 5, 1, p. 51-59 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  48. 1999
  49. Published

    Inference making ability and its relation to comprehension failure

    Cain, K. & Oakhill, J., 12/1999, In: Reading and Writing. 11, 5-6, p. 489-503 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  50. Published

    Ways of reading: how knowledge and use of strategies are related to reading comprehension

    Cain, K., 06/1999, In: British Journal of Developmental Psychology. 17, 2, p. 293-309 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  51. Published

    Problems in text comprehension: current perspectives and recent research

    Oakhill, J. & Cain, K., 1999, Problems and interventions in literacy development . Reitsma, P. & Verhoeven, L. (eds.). Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, p. 177-192 16 p. (Neuropsychology and Cognition; vol. 15).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  52. 1998
  53. Published

    Assessment of comprehension in reading

    Oakhill, J. & Cain, K., 1998, The psychological assessment of reading . Beech, J. R. & Singleton, C. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 176-203 28 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  54. Published

    Comprehension skill and inference making ability: issues of causality

    Cain, K. & Oakhill, J., 1998, Reading and spelling: development and disorders. Hulme, C. & Joshi, R. M. (eds.). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, p. 329-342 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  55. Published

    Individual differences in young children's comprehension skill: toward an integrated mode

    Oakhill, J., Cain, K. & Yuill, N. M., 1998, Reading and spelling : development and disorders . Hulme, C. & Joshi, R. M. (eds.). Marwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, p. 343-367 25 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  56. Published

    Selective retention of information about the superficial form of text: ellipses with antecedents in main and subordinate clause

    Garnham, A., Oakhill, J. & Cain, K., 1998, In: Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Series a Human Experimental Psychology. 51, 1, p. 19-39 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  57. 1997
  58. Published

    The interpretation of anaphoric noun phrases: time course, and effects of overspecificity

    Garnham, A., Oakhill, J. & Cain, K., 1997, In: Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Series a Human Experimental Psychology. 50, 1, p. 149-162 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  59. 1996
  60. Published

    The nature of the relationship between comprehension skill and the ability to tell a story

    Cain, K. & Oakhill, J., 06/1996, In: British Journal of Developmental Psychology. 14, 2, p. 187-201 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  61. Published

    Story knowledge and comprehension skill

    Cain, K., 1996, Reading comprehension difficulties: processes and remediation . Cornoldi, C. & Oakhill, J. (eds.). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaun Associates, p. 167-192 26 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  62. Published

    The use of stereotypical gender information in constructing a mental model: evidence from English and Spanish

    Carreiras, M., Garnham, A., Oakhill, J. & Cain, K., 1996, In: Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Series a Human Experimental Psychology. 49, 3, p. 639-663 25 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  63. 1992
  64. Published

    How natural are conceptual anaphors?

    Oakhill, J., Garnham, A., Gernsbacher, M. A. & Cain, K., 1992, In: Language and Cognitive Processes. 7, 3-4, p. 257–280 24 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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