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Proofreading familiar text: Allocating resources to perceptual and conceptual processes

Abstract

Levy (1983) demonstrated that more spelling errors were detected, within a limited time period, when familiar passages were proofread than when unfamiliar passages were proofread. In the present series, Experiment 1 eliminated a possible confound in the Levy (1983) studies and showed that errors were detected both faster and more accurately in familiar texts. Experiment 2 demonstrated higher order involvement in the proofreading transfer …

Authors

Ann Levy B; Begin J

Journal

Memory & Cognition, Vol. 12, No. 6, pp. 621–632

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

11 1984

DOI

10.3758/bf03213351

ISSN

0090-502X