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Rote memorization of continuous prose passages was more rapid when the passages were presented in segments that conformed to the phrase structure of the sentences than when the segments violated that structure.
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1. This research was supported in part under Contract SD-187 between the Department of Defense, Advanced Research Projects Agency and Harvard University. We are indebted to David Cross for assistance with the statistical analysis.
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Anglin, J.M., Miller, G.A. The role of phrase structure in the recall of meaningful verbal material. Psychon Sci 10, 343–344 (1968). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03331552
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