Perea, Acha, & Carreiras (2009) investigated the reading comprehension of text messages and found that:
a) orthographically based text messages were comprehended just as effectively as normal text.
b) phonetically based text messages were comprehended just as effectively as normal text.
c) both orthographically- and phonetically based text messages were comprehended just as effectively as
normal text.
d) neither orthographically- nor phonetically based text messages were comprehended just as effectively as
normal text.
Answer: d
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