In a classic study of how inferences are processed in text comprehension, Kintsch (1974) presented one group of participants with two sentences that explicitly stated some fact
Another group received two sentences that
only implied that fact. Kintsch was interested in how readily participants inferred the fact in question, and
whether this inference became part of the text representation. He tested this by asking participants to verify
sentences that included the target fact, either immediately after reading, or after a delay. His findings indicated
that:
a) Verification times were equally fast for implied and explicit facts, but only after a delay.
b) Verification times were equally fast for implied and explicit facts, immediately and after a delay.
c) Verification times were faster for explicitly presented facts than for implied facts, but only after a delay.
d) Verification times were faster for explicitly presented facts than for implied facts, immediately and after a
delay.
Answer: a
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