Bill has just read the sentence,"The man in the back row has green hair." Based on research on propositional representation in memory,will the words "man" and "hair" be represented in memory together?
A)Yes,because these words belong to the same proposition.
B)Yes,because these words have strong meaningful associations.
C)No,because they are separated by many other words in the actual sentence.
D)No,because the link between the two words is somewhat unusual.

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According to research on propositional representation in memory, words that belong to the same proposition are represented together in memory. In this sentence, "man" and "hair" both belong to the proposition "the man has green hair," and therefore are likely to be linked in memory.

Bill Has Just Read the Sentence,"The Man in the Back