Inferences and text comprehension / edited by Arthur C. Graesser and Gordon H. Bower.

Other author Graesser, Arthur C.
Other author Bower, Gordon H.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoSan Diego : Academic Press,
Descriptionxix, 340 p. : ill.
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Subjects
Comprehension
Reading
Learning
Memory

SeriesPsychology of learning and motivation ; v. 25
Psychology of learning and motivation ; v. 25. ^A805148
Contents Inferences about word meanings / Richard C. Anderson -- Inference generation during auditory language comprehension / David A. Swinney and Lee Osterhout -- Bridging-inferences and enthymemes / Murray Singer, Russell Revlin and Michael Halldorson -- The impact of inferences on instructional text / Bruce K. Britton ... [et al.] -- Integration and buffering of new information / Karl Haberlandt and Arthur C. Graesser -- Goal, event, and state inferences : an investigation of inference generation during story comprehension / Debra L. Long ... [et al.] -- Content-based inferences in text / Colleen M. Seifert -- Situation-based inferences during narrative cmprehension / Daniel G. Morrow, Gordon H. Bower, and Steven L. Greenspan -- Expectations, mental representations, and spatial inferences / Monika Wagener-Wender and Karl F. Wender -- Causal inferences and text memory / Jerome L. Myers and Susan A. Duffy -- Causal inferences and the comprehension of narrative texts / Paul van den Broek -- The influence of knowledge-based inferences on the reading time of expository text / Keith K. Millis, David Morgan, and Arthur C. Graesser -- Independent access to world knowledge and newly learned facts / George R. Potts ... [et al.] -- The role of partial matches in comprehension : the Moses illusion revisited / Lynne M. Reder and Axel Cleeremans -- The influence of domain knowledge on inferencing in low-aptitude individuals / Frank R. Yekovich ... [et al.] -- Toward a contextualist view of elaborative inferences / Paul Whitney and Diana Williams-Whitney -- Methodological issues in evaluating the occurrence of inferences / Janice M. Keenan ... [et al.] -- Dimensions of inference / Gail McKoon and Roger Ratcliff.
General noteBased on papers presented at a conference held at Memphis State University on March 18-19, 1988.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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