Toward the construction of situational representations in comprehending texts: Fifteen years after Johnson-Laird's Mental Models;Zur konstruktion von sachverhaltsrepräsentationen beim verstehen von texten: Fünfzehn jahre nach Johnson-Lairds Mental Models

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 4-1, 1998, Pages 42-59

  Dutke, Stephan ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mental model; Representation; Situation model; Text comprehension

Indexed keywords

EID: 5944259663     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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