Other studies suggest that imagery training could benefit reading comprehension and immersion. Yousef Atoum and Reziq (2018) found that mental imagery ability predicted reading comprehension among 7th-grade students. The authors correlated reading comprehension scores through various levels (literal, gross, critical, analytical, and overall) with a mental imagery scale spanning seven dimensions (visual, auditory, kinesthetic, gustatory, olfactory, movement, and feelings). Their results indicated that visual mental imagery could predict 34.8% reading comprehension. They conclude that mental imagery assists students in creating scenarios that help them understand the overall theme and meaning of the text (YOUSEF ATOUM; REZIQ, 2018). Boerma and colleagues (2016) showed that when reading a story in L1 where the narrative alternates between text and pictures, children who scored higher on mental imagery skills tended to score higher on reading comprehension tasks than children with lower mental imagery scores. They suggested that children skilled at using mental imagery could build mental models to “connect pictures and words.”