If a recursive center-embedding syntactic structure exceeds a human's working memory capacity, which consequence follows?

💡 Explanation

When a sentence contains multiple center-embedded clauses exceeding working memory limits, parsing becomes computationally intractable. Increased processing time and errors occur because the brain struggles to maintain all dependencies, therefore, performance degrades rather than improving comprehension or efficiency.

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