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| Memory | 1 |
| Psycholinguistics | 1 |
| Reading Comprehension | 1 |
| Recall (Psychology) | 1 |
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| Verbal Learning | 1 |
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| Journal of Verbal Learning… | 1 |
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| Simpson, Adrian J. | 1 |
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Layton, Pamela; Simpson, Adrian J. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1975
Subjects read sets of active or passive sentences, and an active or passive question was asked about one. Errors were compared. Results suggest that surface form of a single sentence is retained; surface and deep structures are retained for two, and only deep structures of four and eight sentences. (CHK)
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Memory, Psycholinguistics, Reading Comprehension
