Predictive Inferences in Scientific and Technological Contexts

The Psychology of Science Text Comprehension

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 199-221

  Maury, Pascale ^a   Pérez, Olga ^b   León, José A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL VALÉRY   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

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EID: 19644379709     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410612434-17     Document Type: Chapter

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