| Chapter 10: Comprehension Gernsbacher's structure building framework: Laying foundation for meaning centered on 1st character or idea Advantage of first mention: 1st character or idea mentioned retains special significance Situation model: building visual representation of the environment Mapping information: congruent information is stored in the structure Bridging: constructing connections between related concepts Enhancement: related memory nodes receive boost in activation Shifting to new structure when encounter connectives or new idea or character Advantage of recency disappears after 150 ms Suppresion: inhibition of unrelated memory nodes Poor reader and older people have problems inhibiting irrelevant information |
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