Abstract
Previous attempts to relate inspection speed to text relevance have produced ambiguous results. Two experiments were conducted to demonstrate that the inconsistencies previously observed were probably due to the experimental manipulations employed to establish relevant and irrelevant text material. While specific goals or questions were shown to produce variable inspection speeds, a general purpose in reading did not. In both cases, text information related to the reading goals was more likely to be retained. Results are explained in terms of the storage demands imposed by each category of reading goal.
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