Resource allocation during the rereading of scientific texts

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 232-246

  Millis, Keith K ^a   Simon, Seymore ^a   TenBroek, Nicolaas S ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 0031920778     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03201136     Document Type: Article

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