Running down the clock: The role of expectation in our understanding of time and motion

Language and Cognitive Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 589-615

  Ramscar, Michael ^a   Matlock, Teenie ^b   Dye, Melody ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Concepts; Language and thought; Meaning; Metaphor; Prediction; Thinking for speaking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAWING; EXPECTATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THINKING; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 77952487437     PISSN: 01690965     EISSN: 14640732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01690960903381166     Document Type: Article

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