Predictability effects during reading comprehension are not modulated by a visuospatial working memory load.
Predictable words are processed more quickly than unpredictable words during reading, but how this predictability effect is modulated by working memory (WM) limitations is unclear. Two preregistered experiments tested whether the availability of visuospatial WM resources affects reading measures tha...
| Publicado en: | Memory & Cognition Vol. 54; no. 6; pp. 2113 - 2128 |
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