Meaning specificity in sentence processing.
Two experiments were conducted to test the principle of encoding specificity in sentence recognition when the target sentence was embedded in a meaningful discourse. The results indicate that change in meaning context resulted in significantly less recognition of the target sentences while change in sentence form and the target-test interval had no significant effects. The findings were discussed within the framework of a semantic interpretation of the encoding specificity principle.
D006801:Humans; D011578:Psycholinguistics; D012153:Retention, Psychology; D013067:Speech Perception