Charles R Fletcher
Biographic Data
| ID | 3843107 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Charles R Fletcher |
| GIVEN NAMES | Charles R |
| FAMILY NAME | Fletcher |
| SIGNATURE | FLETCHER C R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Minnesota |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 38 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The role of short-term memory in discourse comprehension
Discourse comprehension
Using story‐based causal diagrams to analyze disagreements about complex events
People often disagree about the causes of complex events. Previous research has shown that disagreement often results from cognitive and pragmatic constraints that govern people's tendency to attribute outcomes to partial rather than complete causes. This article applies the Trabasso, van den Broek, and Suh (1989) story‐based procedures to a narrative of the 1987 stock market crash. The content and structure of the resulting causal diagrams are t…
Investigations of inferential processes in reading
The study of inferential processes constitutes a major focus of research on text comprehension. Recent research has resulted in interesting and important findings, as exemplified by the contributions in this issue of Discourse Processes. Studies differ substantially, however, in the types of inferences that they consider and in the methodologies that they use. As a result, it is difficult to interpret and integrate the findings. In this article, …
Second Language Readers' Memory for Narrative Texts
This study assessed the role that structural properties of texts play in the mental representations of second-language (L2) readers. In particular, we investigated the extent to which 47 L2 readers of English used structural properties of a text (causal factors, story-grammar category, and hierarchical level) to "fill in" gaps in their mental representations. L2 readers' recall protocols of narrative texts were analyzed and compared with those of…
Surface forms, textbases, and situation models
It has recently been argued that memory for a text or discourse consists of three separate representations: a surface representation, a propositional textbase, and a situation model. This tri‐partite division is supported by a recognition memory procedure that demonstrates that (a) subjects can reliably differentiate between sentences actually read and meaning preserving paraphrases of those sentences, (b) performance improves when the distractor…
Surface forms, textbases, and situation models
It has recently been argued that memory for a text or discourse consists of three separate representations: a surface representation, a propositional textbase, and a situation model. This tri‐partite division is supported by a recognition memory procedure that demonstrates that (a) subjects can reliably differentiate between sentences actually read and meaning preserving paraphrases of those sentences, (b) performance improves when the distractor…
Investigations of inferential processes in reading
The study of inferential processes constitutes a major focus of research on text comprehension. Recent research has resulted in interesting and important findings, as exemplified by the contributions in this issue of Discourse Processes. Studies differ substantially, however, in the types of inferences that they consider and in the methodologies that they use. As a result, it is difficult to interpret and integrate the findings. In this article, …
Second Language Readers' Memory for Narrative Texts
This study assessed the role that structural properties of texts play in the mental representations of second-language (L2) readers. In particular, we investigated the extent to which 47 L2 readers of English used structural properties of a text (causal factors, story-grammar category, and hierarchical level) to "fill in" gaps in their mental representations. L2 readers' recall protocols of narrative texts were analyzed and compared with those of…
The role of short-term memory in discourse comprehension
Surface forms, textbases, and situation models
It has recently been argued that memory for a text or discourse consists of three separate representations: a surface representation, a propositional textbase, and a situation model. This tri‐partite division is supported by a recognition memory procedure that demonstrates that (a) subjects can reliably differentiate between sentences actually read and meaning preserving paraphrases of those sentences, (b) performance improves when the distractor…
Investigations of inferential processes in reading
The study of inferential processes constitutes a major focus of research on text comprehension. Recent research has resulted in interesting and important findings, as exemplified by the contributions in this issue of Discourse Processes. Studies differ substantially, however, in the types of inferences that they consider and in the methodologies that they use. As a result, it is difficult to interpret and integrate the findings. In this article, …
Second Language Readers' Memory for Narrative Texts
This study assessed the role that structural properties of texts play in the mental representations of second-language (L2) readers. In particular, we investigated the extent to which 47 L2 readers of English used structural properties of a text (causal factors, story-grammar category, and hierarchical level) to "fill in" gaps in their mental representations. L2 readers' recall protocols of narrative texts were analyzed and compared with those of…
Using story‐based causal diagrams to analyze disagreements about complex events
People often disagree about the causes of complex events. Previous research has shown that disagreement often results from cognitive and pragmatic constraints that govern people's tendency to attribute outcomes to partial rather than complete causes. This article applies the Trabasso, van den Broek, and Suh (1989) story‐based procedures to a narrative of the 1987 stock market crash. The content and structure of the resulting causal diagrams are t…
Discourse comprehension
The role of short-term memory in discourse comprehension
Linguistics (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Cognitive psychology (5 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Comprehension (4 works) · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism (4 works) · Reading and Literacy Development (4 works) · Artificial Intelligence (3 works) · Cognition (3 works) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (3 works)