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Subjects studied four different paragraphs, each describing a set inclusion structure, and then were tested for their memory of the information in the paragraphs (reproductive recall) and information deducible from the paragraphs (productive recall). The results showed reproductive recall to be superior to productive recall, but even reproductive recall was poor. Furthermore, subjects often failed to generate deductions in recall even though the information necessary to permit such deductions had been recalled. The results are in general agreement with previous findings on the processing of set inclusion information given in text but conflict with those of recent studies on processing other types of meaningful prose. The set inclusion relation appears to present special difficulties for the integration of related information in prose.
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Griggs, R.A. Reproductive and productive recall of set inclusion information. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 9, 148–150 (1977). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03336957
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