Representing a Described Sequence of Events: A Dynamic View of Narrative Comprehension

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 451-464

  Kelter, Stephanie ^a   Kaup, Barbara ^a,b   Claus, Berry ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READING; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TIME PERCEPTION;

ATTENTION; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; READING; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 1542267835     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.30.2.451     Document Type: Article

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