Table 2.

Summary of results from two studies of predictive inferencing

	Blake & Lesniewicz (2005)		Current study
Result	NBD	RHD	NBD	RHD
High-predictability stories
Generated target inference	yes	yes	yes	yes*
Extra integration time needed			no	yes*
Likelihood of target inference	highly likely	highly likely
Number of repetitions of target inference	many	many
Number of alternate inferences generated	few	many
Low-predictability stories
Generated target inference	yes	yes	yes	no
Extra integration time needed			no	no
Likelihood of target inference	somewhat likely	somewhat likely
Number of repetitions of target inference	some	some
Number of alternate inferences generated	many	many

^*Effects were nonsignificant using a corrected alpha level, but effect sizes were large (d = 1.6) and the majority of participants demonstrated the effects.