Activation of Background Knowledge for Inference Making: Effects on Reading Comprehension

Scientific Studies of Reading

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 435-452

  Elbro, Carsten ^a   Buch Iversen, Ida ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

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EID: 84885978032     PISSN: 10888438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10888438.2013.774005     Document Type: Article

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