Role of working memory in explaining the performance of individuals with specific reading comprehension difficulties: A meta-analysis

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Executive Function and Reading Comprehension: A Meta-Analytic Review (2018, background): “The prevalence of research linking working memory with reading comprehension has been noted in prior reviews of the literature (e.g., Carretti et al., 2009).”
Listening Text Comprehension of Explicit and Implicit Information in Preschoolers: The Role of Verbal and Inferential Skills (2011, background): “Moreover, verbal working memory was taken into account as a control variable because it has been shown to be a possible mediator of the relation between these component skills and text understanding in preschool- and school-age children (eg, Adams, Bourke, & Willis, 1999 ; Cain, Oakhill, & Lemmon,”
The Role of Executive Functions in Reading Comprehension (2017, background): “Comprehensive reviews about the relation of working memory and reading comprehension can be found elsewhere (e.g., Carretti et al. 2009; Daneman and Carpenter 1980, 1983; Daneman and Merikle 1996).”
Fast and loud background music disrupts reading comprehension (2012, background): “Capacity limits are also assumed in models of reading comprehension (Carretti et al., 2009; Kintsch & van Dijk, 1978).”