Working memory contributions to relative clause attachment processing: A hierarchical linear modeling analysis

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1107-1121

  Traxler, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBIGUITY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINGUISTICS; NORMAL HUMAN; READING; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 34548630160     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193482     Document Type: Article

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