Out of sight, out of mind: Occlusion and the accessibility of information in narrative comprehension

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 104-110

  Horton, William S ^a   Rapp, David N ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; FANTASY; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; LINGUISTICS; PERCEPTION; READING; SHORT TERM MEMORY; WRITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONCEPT FORMATION; FANTASY; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; READING; WRITING;

EID: 0043280843     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03196473     Document Type: Article

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