دورية أكاديمية
The relevance of syntactic complexity for truth judgments: A registered report.
| العنوان: | The relevance of syntactic complexity for truth judgments: A registered report. |
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| المؤلفون: | Schmidt O; Department of Psychology, University of Marburg, Germany. Electronic address: oliver.schmidt@uni-marburg.de., Heck DW; Department of Psychology, University of Marburg, Germany. |
| المصدر: | Consciousness and cognition [Conscious Cogn] 2024 Jan; Vol. 117, pp. 103623. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Dec 23. |
| نوع المنشور: | Journal Article |
| اللغة: | English |
| بيانات الدورية: | Publisher: Academic Press Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 9303140 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1090-2376 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 10538100 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Conscious Cogn Subsets: MEDLINE |
| أسماء مطبوعة: | Original Publication: San Diego : Academic Press, c1992- |
| مواضيع طبية MeSH: | Judgment* , Pre-Registration Publication*, Humans |
| مستخلص: | Fluency theories predict higher truth judgments for easily processed statements. We investigated two factors relevant for processing fluency: repetition and syntactic complexity. In three online experiments, we manipulated syntactic complexity by creating simple and complex versions of trivia statements. Experiments 1 and 2 replicated the repetition-based truth effect. However, syntactic complexity did not affect truth judgments although complex statements were processed slower than simple statements. This null effect is surprising given that both studies had high statistical power and varied in the relative salience of syntactic complexity. Experiment 3 provides a preregistered test of the discounting explanation by using improved trivia statements of equal length and by manipulating the salience of complexity in a randomized design. As predicted by fluency theories, simple statements were more likely judged as true than complex ones, while this effect was small and not moderated by the salience of complexity. Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. (Copyright © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.) |
| فهرسة مساهمة: | Keywords: Processing fluency; Repetition-based truth effect; Syntactic complexity; Truth judgments |
| تواريخ الأحداث: | Date Created: 20231224 Date Completed: 20240116 Latest Revision: 20240520 |
| رمز التحديث: | 20240521 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.concog.2023.103623 |
| PMID: | 38142632 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | MEDLINE |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 1090-2376 |
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| DOI: | 10.1016/j.concog.2023.103623 |