Your text describes a study in which eye-movement data revealed that participants looked at a cake rather than at an inedible object immediately on hearing the word eat and before the word cake was heard. The results of this study __________.
A) supported the idea that the interpretation of a sentence is developed online as successive words occur
B) suggested that the interpretation of a sentence is formulated once the sentence is over
C) suggested that language has little influence on visual attention
D) indicated that the surroundings strongly influence the interpretation of language

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The study revealed that participants looked at a cake immediately upon hearing the word "eat" and before the word "cake" was heard, indicating that the interpretation of the sentence was developed online as successive words occurred. Therefore, the results support option A, which suggests that the interpretation of a sentence is developed online. Option B is incorrect because the study shows that sentence interpretation is not formulated once the sentence is over. Option C is incorrect because the study demonstrated the influence of language on visual attention. Option D is incorrect because the study did not focus on the influence of surroundings on language interpretation.

Your Text Describes a Study in Which Eye-Movement Data Revealed