Context and working memory capacity affect the processing of written irony in chinese: an eye-tracking study.

Psychol Res · 2026 · PMC13038724 · PMID 41915231

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For the rereading time, the simple effect analysis showed that for participants with low WMC, the difference between ironic praise (4299 ± 3581ms) and ironic criticism (3660 ± 3255ms) was marginally significant ( t = -1.79, p = .078).

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There was also a significant interaction between irony type and WMC in rereading time ( t = -2.23, p = .03) that closely failed to reach significance in regression path reading time.

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