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10 - The cognitive and neural correlates of individual differences in inferential processes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2015

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Chantel S. Prat  and
Brianna L. Yamasaki
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Edward J. O'Brien ,
Anne E. Cook  and
Robert F. Lorch, Jr
Edward J. O'Brien
Affiliation:
University of New Hampshire
Anne E. Cook
Affiliation:
University of Utah
Robert F. Lorch, Jr
Affiliation:
University of Kentucky
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Inferences during Reading , pp. 210 - 229
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2015

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