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Negative / Null Result Report

Reading longer does not help: Reaction times predict general comprehension but not garden-path recovery

Ceháková M; Chromý J · 2026 · Preprint

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Comprehenders often retain incorrect interpretations of garden-path sentences, suggesting that sentence representations are not always fully revised after misanalysis. A common assumption is that the additional processing time observed at…

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Metadata source: Europe PMC · DOI 10.31234/osf.io/537v8_v1