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J P Magliano1, G A Radvansky

  • 1Department of Psychology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb 60115, USA. jmagliano@niu.edu

Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
|August 10, 2001
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Maintaining multiple character goals in reading can make earlier goals harder to recall. However, earlier goals do not affect later goals, supporting explanation-based comprehension.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Human Comprehension Studies

Background:

  • Previous research focused on single or related character goals during text comprehension.
  • The impact of multiple, unrelated character goals on comprehension was less understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how maintaining multiple, unrelated character goals affects goal availability during reading.
  • To contrast the influence of subsequent goals on earlier goals versus earlier goals on subsequent goals.

Main Methods:

  • Two experiments were conducted to examine goal maintenance during text comprehension.
  • Participants' ability to recall earlier and subsequent character goals was assessed.

Main Results:

  • Active subsequent goals reduced the availability of previously mentioned goals, even without semantic links.

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  • Earlier mentioned goals did not impact the availability of subsequent goals.

    • Conclusions:

    • Goal management during comprehension is asymmetric, with later goals impacting earlier ones.
    • Findings support an explanation-based model of text comprehension, emphasizing the role of active goal processing.