Abstract
The three experiments were performed to investigate the difference between forward inference and backward inference, and the relationship between these two kinds of inferences and prediction. 3 × 2 independent design, longer texts material and response time index were used in both experiment 1 and experiment 2 which separately used sentence verification and naming method. On the basis of experiment 2, experiment 3 used 2 × 2 independent design and amended the experiment material according to the research demand. Experiment 1 showed that there is a significant difference between forward inference and backward inference. Experiment 2 indicated that there is no significant difference. In addition, forward inference makes no significant difference among the three levels of prediction, so do the backward inference in experiment 1 and experiment 2. Interactive effects are founded between prediction and the two kinds of inferences in experiment 3.
| Keywords: | text comprehension; forward inference; backward inference; prediction |
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