Are there age-related differences in shallow semantic processing of text? Evidence from eye movements

Discourse Processes

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 177-203

  Daneman, Meredyth ^a   Hannon, Brenda ^b   Burton, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

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EID: 33748564626     PISSN: 0163853X     EISSN: 15326950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326950dp4202_5     Document Type: Article

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