The neural signatures ofcausal inferences: A preliminary computational account of brain-imaging and behavioral data

Higher Level Language Processes in the Brain: Inference and Comprehension Processes

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 211-232

  Reichle, Erik D ^a   Mason, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 65349155299     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203936443     Document Type: Chapter

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