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Subjects were assigned to read one of two descriptions of a town. The route version was based on the town as a driver would encounter it, while the survey version provided a spatial description. Three feedback conditions were provided: (1) limited access to a map, (2) limited review of previously read sentences, and (3) an opportunity to read the entire text after processing. There were no differences in amount of material recalled or discrimination between old text and paraphrases, but feedback differentially assisted inferential reasoning. Feedback that supplemented the version provided proved more efficacious.
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The present report is based in part on a paper presented at the meeting of the Psychonomic Society, St. Louis, in November 1992.
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Langer, P., Keenan, V. & Bergman, J. Contributions of different feedback assistance to text memorial representation. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 31, 209–212 (1993). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03337326
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