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On the one hand, information judged as implausible is often not processed further, yielding a bias toward plausible information in the mental model (plausibility bias). On the other hand, recipients can also engage in elaborative processing when they are motivated to develop a justified point of view (epistemic reading goal), which should lead to a rich mental model in contrast to the goal of memorizing facts (receptive reading goal). The present study investigated the relationships of perceived plausibility and comprehension of multiple articles related to a social science topic (the OECD\u2019s Programme for International Student Assessment [PISA] study) and effects of a recipient\u2019s reading goal, using multilevel models (items nested within recipients) on a trial-by-trial basis. As predicted, information judged as plausible was more likely to be integrated into the recipient\u2019s mental model. This plausibility bias was independent of the recipient\u2019s reading goal. 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