Perceiving, remembering, and communicating structure in events

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 29-58

  Zacks, Jeffrey M ^b   Tversky, Barbara ^c   Iyer, Gowri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEISURE; MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES; VIDEORECORDING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CALIFORNIA; COGNITIVE SCIENCE; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MEMORY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME PERCEPTION; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0035287771     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.130.1.29     Document Type: Article

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