Joseph Magliano is a Professor

Professor

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 of Psychology

Psychology

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 and Director of the Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language and Literacy (CISLL) at the Northern Illinois University

Northern Illinois University

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. He has researched widely in psychology with the recent focus being on the ways in which we understand what we read and watch. In particular how our mental processes allow comprehension and how our memories represent texts and films we have read or seen. He has also looked into ways to help identify those having difficulties reading and ways to help them improve. Magliano is also President of the Society for Computers in Psychology

Society for Computers in Psychology

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