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Prose Comprehension Beyond the Word

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  • © 1981

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  1. Arthur C. Graesser

    1. Department of Psychology, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, USA

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. A Schema-Based Framework for Representing Knowledge

    • Arthur C. Graesser
    Pages 1-35

  3. Allocation of Cognitive Resources During Prose Comprehension

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    Pages 36-67

  4. A Schema Pointer Plus Tag Model of Prose Memory

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    Pages 68-108

  5. The Conceptual Representation of Prose in Memory

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    Pages 109-171

  6. The Utilization of Prose Representations

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    Pages 172-214

  7. The Construction of Prose Representations

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    Pages 215-274

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 275-310
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About this book

When individuals read or listen to prose they try to understand what it means. This is quite obvious. However, the cognitive mechanisms that participate in prose comprehension are far from obvious. Even simple stories involve com­ plexities that have stymied many cognitive scientists. Why is prose comprehen­ sion so difficult to study? Perhaps because comprehension is guided by so many domains of knowledge. Perhaps because some critical mysteries of prose comprehension reside between the lines-in the mind of the comprehender. Ten years ago very few psychologists were willing to dig beyond the surface of explicit code in their studies of discourse processing. Tacit knowledge, world knowledge, inferences, and expectations were slippery notions that experimental psychologists managed to circumvent rather than understand. In many scientific circles it was taboo to investigate mechanisms and phenomena that are not directly governed by the physical stimulus. Fortunately, times have changed. Cognitive scientists are now vigorously exploring the puzzles of comprehension that lie beyond the word. The study of discourse processing is currently growing at a frenetic pace.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Psychology, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, USA

    Arthur C. Graesser

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Prose Comprehension Beyond the Word

  • Authors: Arthur C. Graesser

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5880-3

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 1981

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-5882-7Published: 24 January 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-5880-3Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 310

  • Topics: Cognitive Psychology, Psycholinguistics, Natural Language Processing (NLP)

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