Anomalies in real and counterfactual worlds: An eye-movement investigation

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 609-626

  Ferguson, Heather J ^a   Sanford, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anomalies; Counterfactual reasoning; Discourse processing; Eye movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 39749130373     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2007.06.007     Document Type: Article

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