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5 - Inference generation in text comprehension: automatic and strategic processes in the construction of a mental representation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2015

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Paul van den Broek ,
Katinka Beker  and
Marja Oudega
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Edward J. O'Brien ,
Anne E. Cook  and
Robert F. Lorch, Jr
Edward J. O'Brien
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University of New Hampshire
Anne E. Cook
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University of Utah
Robert F. Lorch, Jr
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University of Kentucky
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Inferences during Reading , pp. 94 - 121
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