{"pk":49876,"title":"Can We Extend the Reverse Cohesion Effect to Programming Contexts?","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Existing research has drawn parallels from the comprehension of text to the comprehension of source code. In this study, we attempt to develop this analogy by positing and testing a notion of code cohesion, analogous to text cohesion. We also attempt to extend a known effect in text comprehension research, the reverse cohesion effect, to code contexts. Our findings provide some corroboration for code cohesion, but fail to find robust evidence for a reverse cohesion effect. This reinforces similarities between text and code comprehension but also suggests that everyday comprehension processes of code and text  might differ in meaningful ways.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[{"word":"Computer Science; Education; Psychology; Reading; Quantitative Behavior"}],"section":"Papers with Poster Presentation","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9wm1d687","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Rina Miyata","middle_name":"","last_name":"Harsch","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Minnesota","department":""},{"first_name":"Jeffrey","middle_name":"K.","last_name":"Bye","name_suffix":"","institution":"California State University, Dominguez Hills","department":""},{"first_name":"Vasile","middle_name":"","last_name":"Rus","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Memphis","department":""},{"first_name":"Panayiota","middle_name":"","last_name":"Kendeou","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Minnesota","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2025-01-01T18:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/49876/galley/37838/download/"}]}