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Singer, Murray; Doering, Jeffrey C. – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2014
Understanders appear to routinely and immediately evaluate the congruence of discourse at many levels of analysis, processes often labeled "validation." This study was an initial exploration of individual differences in discourse validation. Text "reading-time" profiles were examined as a function of two negligibly correlated…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Reading Rate, Profiles, Short Term Memory
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Mozuraitis, Mindaugas; Chambers, Craig G.; Daneman, Meredyth – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
Eye tracking was used to explore the role of grammatical aspect and world knowledge in establishing temporal relationships across sentences in discourse. Younger and older adult participants read short passages that included sentences such as "Mrs. Adams was knitting/knitted a new sweater"..."She wore her new garment...".…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Older Adults, Reading Comprehension, Sentences