Ditman, Brunye, Mahoney, & Taylor (2009) investigated the role of embodiment in text comprehension by varying the pronoun used to describe a three-sentence piece of discourse that described an activity
Comprehension was best when the pronoun subjects were reading was:
a) Me.
b) You.
c) They.
d) She.
Answer: b
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