Inferring characters' emotional states: Can readers infer specific emotions?

Language and Cognitive Processes

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 613-639

  Gygax, Pascal ^a,b   Garnham, Alan ^a   Oakhill, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RATING SCALE; READING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 6444220708     PISSN: 01690965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01690960444000016     Document Type: Article

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