Modeling knowledge-based inferences in story comprehension

Cognitive Science

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 875-910

  Frank, Stefan L ^a,b   Koppen, Mathieu ^b   Noordman L G M , Leo G M ^a   Vonk, Wietske ^b,c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computational modeling; Distributed representations; Inferencing; Retention; Self Organizing Maps; Story comprehension

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242595831     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogsci.2003.07.002     Document Type: Article

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