Mental models and temporal reasoning.

A Computational Model for Spatial Reasoning with Mental Models

We propose a computational model for spatial reasoning by means of mental models. Our SRM model (Spatial Reasoning by Models) maps spatial working memory to a twodimensional array and uses a spatial focus that places objects in the array, manipulates the position of objects, and inspects the array to find spatial relations that are not given in the premises. The SRM model results in a computati...

Human Logic in Spatial Reasoning

In recent years a number of empirical results indicate that humans tend to use mental models during the reasoning process. This theory claims that humans represent and reason about spatial information by constructing, inspecting, and generating alternative models to check for a putative conclusion. New results about preferred models and local transformations made it necessary to refine the clas...

Spatial Reasoning: the Effect of Training for Adults and Children

The mental models theory of relational reasoning postulates that individuals reason by constructing the possible models of the situation described by the premises. The present article reports two experiments about spatial relational reasoning and focuses on the possibility of training In Experiment 1, we compared two different training methods, one in line with the mental models theory and one ...

Proceedings of the First Workshop on Bridging the Gap between Human and Automated

I present a logic programming approach based on the weak completions semantics to model human reasoning tasks, and apply the approach to model the suppression task, the selection task as well as the belief-bias e↵ect, to compute preferred mental models of spatial reasoning tasks and to evaluate indicative as well as counterfactual conditionals.

Psychological Review A Theory and a Computational Model of Spatial Reasoning With Preferred Mental Models

Developing and validating an instructional design model based on mental model theory

Abstract: This research has been done to develop and validate an instructional design model based on mental model theory. Based on mental model theory human being can do reasoning and problem solving through mental models. The main purpose of this model is to help pupils construct mental models, gain expertise and promote problem solving. In order to develop this model and response to research ...