Strategic Production of Predictive Inferences During Comprehension
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11273015 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Allbritton (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 309-322 |
| Publication date | 2004-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Discourse Processes (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0163-853X • E-ISSN: 1532-6950 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1207/s15326950dp3803_2 |
| OpenAlex | W2095685676 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 41 |
Although some types of inferences are mandatory for readers, predictive inferences (inferences for what will happen next) are generally considered elaborative or optional. Three experiments measuring probe word lexical decision latencies produced evidence for the online generation of predictive inferences during narrative text comprehension. Participants read passages that were designed to elicit inferences about what would happen next at a certain point in the story. Immediately following the point at which the inference was anticipated (the inference-generating sentence), a lexical decision probe word was presented that was related to the expected inference. Lexical decision latencies were shorter for probes related to the inference but only when the comprehension task encouraged prediction as a reading strategy. The results support the hypothesis that the production of predictive inferences is relatively strategy dependent
Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Comprehension · Inference · Lexical decision task · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Point (geometry · Predictive power · Reading (process · Reading comprehension · Sentence · Task (project management · Computer Science · Educational Strategies and Epistemologies · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development · Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes · Artificial Intelligence
Contextual Support and Predictive Inferences
When prospective information conflicts with current information
The linguistic description of minimal social scenarios affects the extent of causal inference making
The effect of manipulating context-specific information on perceptual-cognitive processes during a simulated anticipation task
Causal thinking and the representation of narrative events
Three components of understanding a programmer's manual
The effects of readers’ goals on inference generation and memory for texts
Reciprocal Teaching
Constructing inferences during narrative text comprehension.
Inference during reading.
Causal relatedness and importance of story events
Inferences about predictable events.
Reciprocal Teaching of Comprehension-Fostering and Comprehension-Monitoring Activities
Assessing the occurrence of elaborative inferences
Bias in Predictive Inferences During Reading
When Throwing a Vase Has Multiple Consequences
The role of predictive inferences in situation model construction
Working‐memory capacity and the use of elaborative inferences in text comprehension
Encoding differences between bridging and predictive inferences
Predictive Inference Generation as a Function of Working Memory Capacity and Causal Text Constraints
Predictive inferences occur on‐line, but with delay
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2024 (19) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |