Tanenhaus and coworkers' eye movement study presented participants with different pictures for interpreting the sentence, "Put the apple on the towel in the box." Their results showed the importance of ____________________ in how we understand sentences in real-life situations.
A) the cooperative principle
B) local connections
C) environmental context
D) instrumental inferences

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Tanenhaus and coworkers' study demonstrated the importance of environmental context in sentence interpretation. Participants' eye movements were influenced by the visual context of the objects depicted in the pictures, emphasizing the role of the immediate environment in sentence comprehension.

Tanenhaus and Coworkers' Eye Movement Study Presented Participants with Different