The structure of situation models as revealed by anaphor resolution

2019 ◽  
Vol 72 ◽  
pp. 104-115
Author(s):  
Sashank Varma ◽  
Amanda Janssen
Keyword(s):  
Situation Models ◽  
Anaphor Resolution

Anaphor Resolution as a Function of Spatial Distance and Priming: Exploring the Spatial Distance Effect in Situation Models

2003 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 270-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephan Dutke
Keyword(s):  
Text Comprehension ◽  
Situation Model ◽  
Distance Effect ◽  
Focus Of Attention ◽  
Spatial Distance ◽  
Situation Models ◽  
Anaphor Resolution ◽  
Adult Participants ◽  
Multi Level

Abstract. Anaphor resolution has been found to depend on the spatial distance between the reader’s focus of attention and the location of the anaphor referent in a spatially organized situation model (spatial distance effect; Rinck & Bower, 1995 ; Morrow et al., 1987 ). This effect implies that a) the situation model is spatially organized and b) spatial distance has a stronger effect on the resolution of anaphoric reference than the text priming the anaphor referent. In three experiments, adult participants read 12 short narratives about protagonists moving around a building. Mentioning the location of the anaphor referent in text prior to the anaphoric sentence facilitated anaphor resolution. Decreased spatial distance consistently facilitated anaphor resolution, even when priming the anaphor referent affected anaphor resolution more strongly than spatial distance. Results are discussed with regard to the interpretation and reliability of the spatial distance effect and the interaction of different representational levels in the context of multi-level theories of text comprehension.

When Does Anaphor Resolution Fail?

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Celia M. Klin ◽  
Alexandria E. Guzman ◽  
Kristin M. Weingartner ◽  
William M. Levine
Keyword(s):  
Anaphor Resolution

A Fan Effect in Anaphor Resolution

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin S. Autry ◽  
William H. Levine
Keyword(s):  
Anaphor Resolution ◽  
Fan Effect

Updating Situation Models: The Memory-Based Contribution

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabine Gueraud ◽  
Mary E. Harmon ◽  
Kelly A. Peracchi
Keyword(s):  
Situation Models

When Anaphor Resolution Fails

2000 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 594-617 ◽  
Author(s):  
William H Levine ◽  
Alexandria E Guzmán ◽  
Celia M Klin
Keyword(s):  
Anaphor Resolution

scholarly journals Working memory, reading ability and the effects of distance and typicality on anaphor resolution in children

2015 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 622-639 ◽  
Author(s):  
Holly S. S. L. Joseph ◽  
Georgina Bremner ◽  
Simon P. Liversedge ◽  
Kate Nation
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Reading Ability ◽  
Anaphor Resolution

Social Attribution and Explanation

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denis Hilton
Keyword(s):  
Visual Perception ◽  
Final Section ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Situation Models ◽  
Causal Connection ◽  
Human Visual Perception ◽  
Social Attribution ◽  
Text Understanding ◽  
Causal Selection ◽  
Partial Correction

Attribution processes appear to be an integral part of human visual perception, as low-level inferences of causality and intentionality appear to be automatic and are supported by specific brain systems. However, higher-order attribution processes use information held in memory or made present at the time of judgment. While attribution processes about social objects are sometimes biased, there is scope for partial correction. This chapter reviews work on the generation, communication, and interpretation of complex explanations, with reference to explanation-based models of text understanding that result in situation models of narratives. It distinguishes between causal connection and causal selection, and suggests that a factor will be discounted if it is not perceived to be connected to the event and backgrounded if it is perceived to be causally connected to that event, but is not selected as relevant to an explanation. The final section focuses on how interpersonal explanation processes constrain causal selection.

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