Updating a situation model: A memory-based text processing view

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1200-1210

  O'Brien, Edward J ^a,d   Albrecht, Jason E ^c   Rizzella, Michelle L ^b   Halleran, Jennifer G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEMORY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

HUMANS; MEMORY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032159350     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.24.5.1200     Document Type: Article

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