Verification of Statements about Story Worlds That Deviate from Normal Conceptions of Time: What Is True about Einstein's Dreams?

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 246-301

  Graesser, Arthur C ^a   Kassler, Max A ^b   Kreuz, Roger J ^b   McLain Allen, Bonnie ^b  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LITERATURE; REVIEW; TIME PERCEPTION;

HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LANGUAGE; LITERATURE; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 0032043677     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cogp.1998.0680     Document Type: Article

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