Canceling updating in the comprehension of counterfactuals embedded in narratives

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1410-1421

  De Vega, Manuel ^a   Urrutia, Mabel ^a   Riffo, Bernardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; READING; STORYTELLING; THINKING;

EID: 35748965014     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193611     Document Type: Article

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