Aging and situation model processing

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1027-1042

  Radvansky, Gabriel A ^a   Dijkstra, Katinka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 38149076426     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193088     Document Type: Review

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