Avoiding the garden path: Eye movements in context

Gerry T. M. Altmann; Alan Garnham; Yvette Dennis

doi:10.1016/0749-596x(92)90035-v

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Context (archaeology)PsychologySentenceReading (process)ContinuationCognitive psychologyContext effectArtifact (error)Path (computing)Contrast (vision)Eye movementMeasure (data warehouse)Social psychologyLinguisticsNatural language processingComputer scienceArtificial intelligenceWord (group theory)

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Year: 1992
Type: article
Volume: 31
Issue: 5
Pages: 685-712
Citations: 223
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                                    Gerry T. M. Altmann, 
                                
                                    Alan Garnham, 
                                
                                    Yvette Dennis
                                
                            (1992). 
                            Avoiding the garden path: Eye movements in context. 
                            Journal of Memory and Language
                            , 31
                            (5)
                            , 685-712.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/0749-596x(92)90035-v

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DOI: 10.1016/0749-596x(92)90035-v