An experienced proofreader processes a technical document; which consequence results when encountering a sentence with low contextual predictability?

💡 Explanation

Low predictability increases re-reading because lexical access is more difficult, forcing the reader to re-examine the sentence for comprehension. Therefore, re-reading probability increases rather than fixation decreasing, saccade amplitude reducing, or regression probability remaining unchanged, as these are associated with predictable text.

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