1st Edition

The Representation of Meaning in Memory (PLE: Memory)

By Walter Kintsch Copyright 1974
290 Pages
by Psychology Press

290 Pages
by Psychology Press

290 Pages
by Psychology Press

Originally published in 1974, this volume presents empirical and theoretical investigations of the role of meaning in psychological processes. A theory is proposed for the representation of the meaning of texts, employing ordered lists of propositions. The author explores the adequacy of this representation, with respect to the demands made upon such formulations by logicians and linguists. A... Read more

Preface.  1. Orienting Attitudes  Part 1: Theory  2. A Propositional Theory for the Representation of Meaning in Knowledge and Memory  3. On the Adequacy of Propositional Text Bases for the Representation of Meaning  4. A Process Model for Episodic Memory: The Encoding and Retrieval of Experiences  Part 2: Experimental Investigations  5. On the Abstract Nature of the Memory Representations for Texts (with D. Monk)  6. The Psychological Reality of Text Bases I: Reading Rate and Comprehension (with J.M. Keenan)  7. The Psychological Reality of Text Bases II: Sentence Memory  8. Memory for Information Inferred During Reading  9. Memory Search I: Paragraph Memory and the Retrieval of Information  10. Memory Search II: The Use of Knowledge in the Verification of Statements  11. Lexical Decomposition: Compression and Memory  12. Interim Conclusions.  References.  Author Index.  Subject Index.

Biography

Walter Kintsch