Mental models and cognitive change

Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 131-138

  Johnson Laird, P N ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive change; Mental models; Review

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COMPREHENSION; EMOTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MENTAL FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL; WORKING MEMORY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; HUMAN; IMAGERY; INTUITION; KINEMATICS; LOGIC; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; TEACHING; THEORY OF MENTAL MODEL; THINKING; VALIDITY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84876145077     PISSN: 20445911     EISSN: 2044592X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20445911.2012.759935     Document Type: Review

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