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SUBMITTER: Eerland A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3680483 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Eerland Anita A Engelen Jan A A JA Zwaan Rolf A RA
PloS one 20130612 6
Language can be viewed as a set of cues that modulate the comprehender's thought processes. It is a very subtle instrument. For example, the literature suggests that people perceive direct speech (e.g., Joanne said: 'I went out for dinner last night') as more vivid and perceptually engaging than indirect speech (e.g., Joanne said that she went out for dinner last night). But how is this alleged vividness evident in comprehenders' mental representations? We sought to address this question in a se ...[more]