Use of cognitive capacity in reading identical texts with different amounts of discourse level meaning.

Bruce K. Britton; Timothy S. Holdredge; Cheryl Curry; Robert D. Westbrook

doi:10.1037/0278-7393.5.3.262

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Reading (process)PsychologyMeaning (existential)LinguisticsCognitionCognitive psychologyCommunicationSocial psychologyPhilosophyNeuroscience

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Year: 1979
Type: article
Volume: 5
Issue: 3
Pages: 262-270
Citations: 79
Access: Closed

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                                    Bruce K. Britton, 
                                
                                    Timothy S. Holdredge, 
                                
                                    Cheryl Curry
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1979). 
                            Use of cognitive capacity in reading identical texts with different amounts of discourse level meaning.. 
                            Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Learning & Memory
                            , 5
                            (3)
                            , 262-270.
                            https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.5.3.262
                        

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DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.5.3.262