The effect of noun phrase type on working memory saturation during sentence comprehension

European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 980-1000

  Gimenes, Manuel ^a   Rigalleau, Francois ^a   Gaonac'h, Daniel ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Complexity; Recursion.; Syntax; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956349382     PISSN: 09541446     EISSN: 14640635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09541440802469523     Document Type: Article

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