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Direct linkBlott, Lena M.; Rodd, Jennifer M.; Ferreira, Fernanda; Warren, Jane E. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2021
Misinterpretations during language comprehension are common. The ability to recover from processing difficulties is therefore crucial for successful day-to-day communication. Previous research on the recovery from misinterpretations has focused on sentences containing syntactic ambiguities. The present study instead investigated the outcome of…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Sentences, Misconceptions, Language Processing
Patson, Nikole D.; Darowski, Emily S.; Moon, Nicole; Ferreira, Fernanda – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2009
Using a forced-choice question-answering paradigm, K. Christianson, A. Hollingworth, J. F. Halliwell, and F. Ferreira (2001) showed that the original misinterpretation built during the analysis of a garden-path sentence lingers even after reanalysis has occurred. However, their methodology has been questioned (R. P. G. van Gompel, M. J. Pickering,…
Descriptors: Sentences, Sentence Structure, Methods, Verbs
Singer, Murray; Ferreira, Fernanda – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1983
A study examining readers' ability to infer consequences backward and forward from events described in stories is described. Results show that backward consequence inferences are more reliably drawn during the course of reading than forward consequence inferences. (MSE)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, College Students, Deduction, Language Processing
