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Reading comprehension involves a dynamic, interactive set of processes including 1) the activation of prior knowledge, 2) the use of that activated information along with the current text, and 3) the potential updating or revision of memory. Professor Rapp’s program of research examines how these higher-order activities function both successfully and unsuccessfully during reading. He also focus on the mechanisms that underlie our general, everyday reading experiences - for instance, how our preferences for events and characters directly influence our reading processes. Some of his work attempts to generalize these findings from text to a variety of learning conditions, including our experiences exploring spatial environments with maps, our understanding of procedures delivered through multimedia presentations, and the acquisition of scientific knowledge from novel visualizations. All of this work requires the integration of theory and research from different disciplines in psychology (including cognitive and educational psychology). Such an interdisciplinary view is important for both examining the basic mechanisms necessary for comprehension, as well as for advancing applied work that attempts to remediate comprehension difficulties.
Education/Academic qualification
Experimental Psychology, PhD, State University of New York at Stony Brook
… → 2000
General Psychology, MA, New York University
… → 1996
Psychology, Minor in Sociology, BA, SUNY Albany
… → 1994
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Planning: CRISES: Social and Behavioral Aspects of Climate Change
Uttal, D. H. (PD/PI), Uttal, D. H. (PD/PI), Pinkard, N. (Co-PD/PI), Pinkard, N. (Co-PD/PI), Rapp, D. N. (Co-PD/PI), Rapp, D. N. (Co-PD/PI), Revelle, W. R. (Co-PD/PI) & Revelle, W. R. (Co-PD/PI)
9/1/23 → 8/31/25
Project: Research project
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Multidisciplinary Program in Educational Sciences
Schanzenbach, D. W. (PD/PI), Jackson, C. K. (Co-PD/PI), Rapp, D. N. (Co-PD/PI), Spillane, J. P. (Co-PD/PI), Adam, E. K. (Other), Chase-Lansdale, L. (Other), Coburn, C. E. (Other), Cook, T. D. (Other), Destin, M. P. (Other), Easterday, M. W. (Other), Figlio, D. (Other), Gerber, E. M. (Other), Guryan, J. E. (Other), Hedges, L. V. (Other), Horn, M. S. (Other), Ispa-Landa, S. Z. (Other), Lam, W. S. E. (Other), Lee, C. D. (Other), Medin, D. L. (Other), Rosenbaum, J. E. (Other), Sherin, B. L. (Other), Smilowitz, K. (Other), Spencer, B. D. (Other) & Uttal, D. H. (Other)
Institute of Education Sciences
9/1/14 → 8/31/21
Project: Research project
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Spatial Intelligence Learning Center (SILC)
Gentner, D. (PD/PI), Forbus, K. D. (Co-PD/PI), Hedges, L. V. (Co-PD/PI), Sageman, B. B. (Co-PD/PI), Uttal, D. H. (Co-PD/PI), Ankenman, B. E. (Other), Franconeri, S. (Other), Hespos, S. J. (Other), Hinrichs, T. R. (Other), Rapp, D. N. (Other), Sageman, B. B. (Other) & Sherin, B. L. (Other)
Temple University, National Science Foundation
10/1/11 → 9/30/18
Project: Research project
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Rapp: SILC: Research
Rapp, D. N. (PD/PI)
Temple University, National Science Foundation
10/1/11 → 9/30/18
Project: Research project
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LitCog II: Health Literacy and Cognitive Function among Older Adults
Wolf, M. (PD/PI), Lindquist, L. A. (Co-PD/PI), Rapp, D. N. (Co-PD/PI), Revelle, W. R. (Co-PD/PI), Weintraub, S. (Co-PD/PI), Kim, K.-Y. A. (Co-Investigator), Lindquist, L. A. (Co-Investigator), Rapp, D. N. (Co-Investigator), Revelle, W. R. (Co-Investigator) & Weintraub, S. (Co-Investigator)
3/1/11 → 4/30/16
Project: Research project
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Confidence as a metacognitive contributor to and consequence of misinformation experiences
Rapp, D. N. & Withall, M. M., Feb 2024, In: Current opinion in psychology. 55, 101735.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Toward a More Comprehensive Understanding of Visualization Literacy
Ge, L. W., Hedayati, M., Cui, Y., Ding, Y., Bonilla, K., Joshi, A., Ottley, A., Bach, B., Kwon, B. C., Rapp, D. N., Peck, E., Padilla, L. M., Correll, M., Borkin, M. A., Harrison, L. & Kay, M. J. S., May 11 2024, CHI 2024 - Extended Abstracts of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Sytems. Association for Computing Machinery, 494. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Adverse Consequences of Collaboration on Spatial Problem-Solving
Andrews-Todd, J. & Rapp, D. N., Jan 1 2023, Collective Spatial Cognition: A Research Agenda. Taylor and Francis, p. 127-145 19 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Editorial: The psychology of fake news on social media, who falls for it, who shares it, why, and can we help users detect it?
Robertson, D. J., Shephard, M. P., Anderson, A., Huhe, N., Rapp, D. N. & Madsen, J. K., 2023, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 14, 1236748.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
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Evaluating Tweets Reduces the Influence of Inaccurate Content, but Does “Liking” a Tweet Reflect Evaluation?
Salovich, N. A., Mason, C. E. & Rapp, D. N., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review