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Direct linkZhang, Han; Qu, Chuyan; Miller, Kevin F.; Cortina, Kai S. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2020
Mind-wandering (i.e., thoughts irrelevant to the current task) occurs frequently during reading. The current study examined whether mind-wandering was associated with reduced rereading when the reader read the so-called garden-path jokes. In a garden-path joke, the reader's initial interpretation is violated by the final punchline, and the…
Descriptors: Humor, Reading Comprehension, Attention Control, Eye Movements
