Humans cannot comprehend written text without subvocalizing it
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INSUFFICIENT LEANING
refutedsupported
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3 sources for · 0 against
AS REPORTEDno primary record reached; this is what the reporting says
The retrieved literature references studies exploring subvocalization and its relationship to reading comprehension and reading rate, but provides only partial evidence without establishing that humans are entirely incapable of comprehending text without subvocalizing.
The Role of Subvocalisation in Reading - Alan Baddeley, Marge Eldridge, Vivien Lewis, 1981
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