A fan effect in anaphor processing: Effects of multiple distractors

Research suggests that the presence of a non-referent from the same category as the referent interferes with anaphor resolution. In five experiments, the hypothesis that multiple non-referents would produce a cumulative interference effect (i.e., a fan effect) was examined. This hypothesis was suppo...

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Main Authors: Kevin S. Autry, William H. Levine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00818/full