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Pronoun resolution without pronouns: some consequences of memory-based text processing

G McKoon1, R J Gerrig, S B Greene

  • 1Psychology Department, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA.

Journal of Experimental Psychology. Learning, Memory, and Cognition
|July 1, 1996
PubMed
Summary

Memory-based discourse comprehension shows that concepts related to pronouns become more accessible. These concepts form memory associations, even without the pronoun present, aiding text understanding.

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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Psycholinguistics
  • Memory Studies

Background:

  • Discourse comprehension relies on memory-based processing for understanding text.
  • Prior research (Greene et al., 1994) showed increased accessibility for previously mentioned characters when referred to by pronouns.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if concepts related to pronouns, not just referents, increase in accessibility.
  • To determine if these accessible concepts form memory associations with concurrent discourse elements.
  • To examine if pronoun referent accessibility and memory associations occur without the pronoun itself.

Main Methods:

  • Experimental manipulation of text to introduce characters and their relationships.
  • Analysis of concept accessibility related to pronouns within the discourse.

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  • Assessment of memory associations formed between pronoun-related concepts and discourse elements.

    • Main Results:

    • Concepts linked to unheralded pronouns demonstrated increased accessibility.
    • These concepts formed associations in memory with concurrent discourse elements.
    • Enhanced accessibility and memory associations were observed even when pronouns were absent.

    Conclusions:

    • Memory-based processing extends beyond direct referents to associated concepts.
    • Discourse context alone can prime related concepts, facilitating comprehension.
    • This priming mechanism operates even without explicit linguistic cues like pronouns.