The impact of continuity editing in narrative film on event segmentation

Cognitive Science

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1489-1517

  Magliano, Joseph P ^a   Zacks, Jeffrey M ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Event comprehension; Event segmentation; Film comprehension; fMRI; Mental models; Situation models

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REACTION TIME; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

BRAIN MAPPING; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOTION PICTURES AS TOPIC; NARRATION; REACTION TIME; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 80055120215     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-6709.2011.01202.x     Document Type: Article

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