Using Temporal Information to Construct, Update, and Retrieve Situation Models of Narratives

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 67-80

  Rinck, Mike ^a   Hähnel, Andrea ^a   Becker, Guido ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; READING; TIME; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADULT; COGNITION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; READING; SERIAL LEARNING; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 85047683852     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.27.1.67     Document Type: Article

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