Accessing causal relations in semantic memory
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Accessing causal relations in semantic memory.
Most studies investigating semantic memory have focused on taxonomic or associative relations. Little is known about how other relations, such as causal relations, are represented and accessed. In three experiments, we presented participants with pairs of words one after another, describing events that referred to either a cause (e.g., spark) or an effect (e.g., fire). We manipulated the tempor...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Memory & Cognition
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0090-502X,1532-5946
DOI: 10.3758/bf03193211