Comprehending Characters' Emotions: The Role of Event Categories and Causal Connectivity

Developmental Spans in Event Comprehension and Representation: Bridging Fictional and Actual Events

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 295-319

  Bourg, Tammy ^a   Stephenson, Stacey ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315044934-20     Document Type: Chapter

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