Situation Models in Language Comprehension and Memory

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 162-185

  Zwaan, Rolf A ^a   Radvansky, Gabriel A ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; LOGIC; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; READING; REVIEW;

HUMANS; LOGIC; MEMORY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; READING;

EID: 0032014848     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.123.2.162     Document Type: Article

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