Verbal ability and the processing of scientific text with seductive detail sentences

Reading Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 282-300

  McCrudden, Matthew T ^a   Corkill, Alice J ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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EID: 77953095730     PISSN: 02702711     EISSN: 15210685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02702710903256486     Document Type: Article

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