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Gerrig, Richard J.; O'Brien, Edward J. – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2005
In this article, we articulate the critical differences between memory-based processing and explanation-based processing. We suggest that the most important claim of memory-based text processing is that the automatic processes that function with respect to text processing are all applications of ordinary memory processes. This claim contrasts with…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Memory, Language Processing, Reading Processes

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