Construction, integration, and mind wandering in readings

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-10

  Dixon, Peter ^a   Bortolussi, Marisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

construction and integration; mind wandering; reading; situation model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; READING; RECALL; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NARRATION; READING; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84875179181     PISSN: 11961961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031234     Document Type: Article

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