Situation models and text comprehensionAbstract. Recent theories of text comprehension assume that readers build a representation of the situation described by a text in additon to a representation of the text itself. This level of representation, the ...
Processing of person descriptive information as text comprehensionAbstract. In this paper, relations between text comprehension and social cognition are discussed. It is argued that theories and research methods from the domain of text comprehension are ...
The relationship between spoken and written language in the construction of mental representationAbstract. In learning environments text can be presented auditorily or visually. Therefore the question arises whether listening and reading comprehension ...
Learning From Text and PicturesAbstract. Learning with text and pictures (multimedia) constitutes one of the core areas of research on learning and instruction. Against the backdrop of the multistore model of memory, cognitive theories of multimedia ...
Comprehension of Controversial Scientific Themes: Problems, Underlying Cognititves Processes and Psychological InterventionsAbstract. People interested in publically debated scientific issues are often confronted with multiple texts that provide contrary ...