A new restaurant was opening and Alice and Anne were hired to proofread the menu before it went to press. Alice reviewed each page, looking for mistakes in capitalization while Anne read the menu for comprehension. Both spent exactly one hour on the process before declaring the menu ready for print. Later that evening, their mother asked them what kinds of items were on the menu and Anne was able to remember more than her sister because she engaged in ________ processing.

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Anne was able to remember more items from the menu because she engaged in semantic processing, which involves understanding the meaning of the words and sentences, leading to better memory retention.

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