Limitations on the use of verb information during sentence comprehension

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 132-138

  Kennison, Shelia M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; READING; SEMANTICS;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; READING; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0035291430     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03196149     Document Type: Article

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