Readers' Reliance on Source Credibility in the Service of Comprehension

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 230-247

  Sparks, Jesse R ^a   Rapp, David N ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical thinking; Discourse processing; Reading; Source credibility; Text comprehension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; READING; THINKING; TIME; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; NARRATION; REACTION TIME; READING; THINKING; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251507292     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021331     Document Type: Article

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