Situation models: The mental leap into imagined worlds

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-18

  Zwaan, Rolf A ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comprehension; Language; Situation models

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033245807     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.00004     Document Type: Article

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