This article reviews research on the use of situation models in language comprehension and
memory retrieval over the past 15 years. Situation models are integrated mental …

People make sense of continuous streams of observed behavior in part by segmenting them
into events. Event segmentation seems to be an ongoing component of everyday …

In this article, we propose and test a model of how readers construct representations of the
situations described in simple narratives the event-indexing model According to the event …

This fully revised and updated third edition of the highly acclaimed Memory in the Real
World includes recent research in all areas of everyday memory. Distinguished researchers …

Much of our behavior is guided by our understanding of events. We perceive events when
we observe the world unfolding around us, participate in events when we act on the world …

This article sets out to examine the role of symbolic and sensorimotor representations in
discourse comprehension. It starts out with a review of the literature on situation models …

Adaptive cruise control (ACC) automates vehicle speed and distance control. Due to sensor
limitations, not every situation can be handled by the system and, therefore, driver …

Abstract [Correction Notice: An erratum for this article was reported in Vol 140 (1) of Journal
of Experimental Psychology: General (see record 2011-01710-006). The authors discovered …

When reading a story or watching a film, comprehenders construct a series of
representations in order to understand the events depicted. Discourse comprehension …

The central role of comprehension in human cognition has been recognized by both basic
and applied researchers. This chapter attempts to draw an analogy with the comprehension …