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Current interpretations of linguistic integration assume that memory integration occurs before test sentences are presented. Using an integrated recognition paradigm like that of Bransford and Franks, subjects in one study were given acquisition sentences prior to testing. In a second study, subjects did not receive the acquisition sentences. In both studies, the subjects were tested for ability to discriminate thematically incorrect sentences from thematically correct sentences under conditions of high or low sentence imagery. Subjects in both conditions were able to locate over half of the noncases when sentences were high in imagery value. This suggests that subjects might be able to comprehend and construct ideas during recognition testing. However, low-imagery sentences produced poorer ability to detect noncase sentences in both studies, suggesting that differences in processing of abstract and concrete sentences exist.
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Kamil, M. L., Schultz, E. E., & Bernbach, H. A. Boundary conditions in semantic integration. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, St. Louis, Missouri, November 1976.
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This research was supported in part by intramural grants from the Department of Education, Purdue University.
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Kamil, M.L., Schultz, E.E. & Bernbach, H.A. Linguistic integration during recognition testing. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 16, 353–355 (1980). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03329563
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