Representation of Predictive Inferences When Multiple Alternatives Are Available

Autor/inn/en	Cranford, Edward A.; Moss, Jarrod
Titel	Representation of Predictive Inferences When Multiple Alternatives Are Available
Quelle	In: Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 60 (2023) 3, S.181-201 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Cranford, Edward A.) ORCID (Moss, Jarrod)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0163-853X
DOI	10.1080/0163853X.2023.2196915
Schlagwörter	Prediction; Inferences; Cognitive Processes; Semantics; Intervals; Naming; Short Term Memory; Reading Comprehension + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Vorhersage; Inference; Inferenz; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Semantik; Kurzzeitgedächtnis; Leseverstehen
Abstract	When a situation could lead to multiple mutually exclusive consequences, recent research shows that people automatically generate multiple predictive inferences in memory. Several theoretical mechanisms have been proposed to account for the generation of predictive inferences. One hypothesis is that inferences are minimally encoded, represented only by a set of semantic features related to the inferences or by a more general concept that covers the consequences of both inferences. A second hypothesis is that activation of the inferences is delayed because it is initially weak and requires time to build. In three experiments designed to examine these two hypotheses, participants read narrative passages that supported mutually exclusive consequences. Predictive inferences were not detected in working memory using a word-naming task, even at longer delays, but were detected using a short-term contradiction paradigm and, therefore, available as part of the discourse representation. The combined results indicate that predictive inferences are minimally encoded rather than their activation being delayed. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01