The Role of Working Memory in Measuring Mental Models

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  • José J. Cañas
  • Adoración Antolí
چکیده

There is no agreement on what a mental model is and how to infer the mental model a person has. We are conducting research aimed at solving these problems by developing a model of Mental Model formation. Our basic hypothesis is that a Mental Model is a dynamic representation created in WM by combining information stored in LTM (the Conceptual Model) and characteristics extracted from the environment. Two experiments tested hypotheses derived from the model. Implications for individual and group research are discussed.

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تاریخ انتشار 1998