Comprehending narratives containing flashbacks: Evidence for temporally organized representations

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1031-1044

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

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flashbacks; Narratives; Temporal organization; Text comprehension

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; PHYSIOLOGY; READING; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TIME;

COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; READING; SEMANTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748420501     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.32.5.1031     Document Type: Article

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