Constructing inferences and relations during text comprehension

Human Cognitive Processing

Volumn 8, Issue , 2001, Pages 249-271

  Graesser, Arthur C ^a   Wiemer Hastings, Peter ^a   Wiemer Hastings, Katja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

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EID: 85190652403     PISSN: 13876724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1075/hcp.8.14gra     Document Type: Chapter

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