An investigation into the online processing of counterfactual and indicative conditionals

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2113-2125

  Stewart, Andrew J ^a   Haigh, Matthew ^a   Kidd, Evan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Counterfactual conditionals; Indicative conditionals; Suppositional theory; Text processing

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; READING; THINKING; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; READING; THINKING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349468379     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210902973106     Document Type: Article

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