Mental Models
An Interdisciplinary Synthesis of Theory and Methods
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5153045 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nancy Aaron Jones (0000-0003-1668-4577, The University of Queensland), Natalie A Jones, Helen Ro (0000-0003-4439-6273, University of Wollongong), Timothy Lynam (0000-0003-1400-2587, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation), Pascal Pérez (0000-0001-6151-6228, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere), Anne Leitch (0000-0002-7597-0007, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | art46 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Conservation Ecology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1195-5449 • E-ISSN: 1708-3087 |
| Publisher | Resilience Alliance (PUBLISHER • CA) |
| DOI | 10.5751/es-03802-160146 |
| OpenAlex | W1585584998 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 206 |
| References cited | 22 |
Jones, N. A., H. Ross, T. Lynam, P. Perez, and A. Leitch. 2011. Mental models: an interdisciplinary synthesis of theory and methods. Ecology and Society 16(1): 46. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-03802-160146
Cognitive Science and Mapping · Complex Systems and Decision Making
Describing viewpoints on human‐nature relationships to unveil socio‐environmental conflicts and support community‐based projects
Rewilding—The farmers’ perspective. Perceptions and attitudinal support for rewilding among the English farming community
Complexity fosters learning in collaborative adaptive management
Using Participatory Scenarios to Stimulate Social Learning for Collaborative Sustainable Development
A Moment of Mental Model Clarity
Using Consensus Analysis to Assess Mental Models about Water Use and Management in the Crocodile River Catchment, South Africa
Theories of the deep
Adaptive management in crop pest control in the face of climate variability
Probing the interfaces between the social sciences and social-ecological resilience
Closing integrative gaps in complex environmental governance systems
Building community capacity with philosophy
Anpernirrentye
Mapping future changes in livelihood security and environmental sustainability based on perceptions of small farmers in the Brazilian Amazon
Water Management in the Camargue Biosphere Reserve
A systems thinking approach for eliciting mental models from visual boundary objects in hydropolitical contexts
Eliciting Mental Models
The study of human values in understanding and managing social-ecological systems
The Tragedy of the Park
What does comanagement offer? Exploring users' knowledge through mental models in the fishery of La Encrucijada Biosphere Reserve, Mexico
Forest owner representation of forest management and perception of resource efficiency
Evaluating water quality regulation as a driver of farmer behavior
Waypoints on a Journey of Discovery
Complexity, Modeling, and Natural Resource Management
Private development-based forest conservation in Patagonia
The Potential Role of Mental Model Methodologies in Multistakeholder Negotiations
Mental Models in Human-Environment Interactions
An information ecology approach to science-policy integration in adaptive management of social-ecological systems
Games for experiential learning
Ardi
Baltic Herring Fisheries Management
Understanding the bushmeat hunting crisis in African savannas using fuzzy cognitive mapping and stakeholder knowledge
Improving ecosystem service frameworks to address wicked problems
Tools for Resilience Management
Using fuzzy cognitive mapping as a participatory approach to analyze change, preferred states, and perceived resilience of social-ecological systems
Making sense of climate change
Applying the system viability framework for cross-scalar governance of nested social-ecological systems in the Guiana Shield, South America
Landscape and biodiversity as new resources for agro-ecology? Insights from farmers' perspectives
Emotionally augmented mental models, connectivity and beaver reintroduction in Southwest England
Turismo basado en naturaleza y conservación biológica
Why do individuals behave differently in commons dilemmas? The case of alpine farmers using common property pastures in Grindelwald, Switzerland
Human Factors in Privacy Research
Understanding User Beliefs About Algorithmic Curation in the Facebook News Feed
How People Form Folk Theories of Social Media Feeds and What it Means for How We Study Self-Presentation
"Algorithms ruin everything"
How do local stakeholders make sense of land use conflict? Gällivare case study
Imprinted in the mind and on the land
Hurricane Risk Communication
Navigating Mental Models of Risk and Uncertainty within the Ocean Forecast System
Weather and Climate Variability May Be Poor Proxies for Climate Change in Farmer Risk Perceptions
Módszertani megfontolások és tapasztalatok egy alternatív élelmiszer-közösség tagjainak mentális rendszertérképezése kapcsán
Coffee farmers’ knowledge construction about climate change
Los mapas cognitivos difusos y su aplicación en la investigación de las ciencias sociales
De Pago por Servicios Ambientales Hidrológicos a Fondos Concurrentes
Change of Risk Perception and Risk Communication in County Cork, Ireland after Former Hurricane Ophelia (2017)
Designing Participatory Technology Assessments
Perceptions of China’s soft power
Traditional archaeological drawing
Engineering Students' Thinking About Technical Systems
Deconstructing teachers’ mental models of collaboration through Lesson Study between mathematics and special education teachers
Prediction, Explanation, and Control
Differences in perceived sources of uncertainty in natural hazards science advice
How Do Five- to Six-Year-Old Children Interpret a Burning Candle
Unraveling myths
Identifying risk information needs of rural communities impacted by wildfire smoke
Where does scientific uncertainty come from, and from whom? Mapping perspectives of natural hazards science advice
Communicating natural hazards science advice
Eliciting mental models of science and risk for disaster communication
Mental models for transition to conservation agriculture
Cultural models of normalcy and deviancy
Local livelihoods dependence on ecosystem services
Exploring the relationships between Industry 4.0 implementation factors through systems thinking and network analysis
A systemic analysis of participatory land and water governance in the Tsitsa River Catchment, South Africa
Visualizing Health Equity
Mental Models of Infectious Diseases and Public Understanding of Covid-19 Prevention
Mental Models of Smart Implant Technology
Implications for forest management planning in the Northeast
Eliciting actors’ perspectives in integrated watershed management
Using drawings to examine undergraduate students’ mental models of the greenhouse effect
Analysis of Spanish pre-service teachers’ mental models of geologic time
How do people understand the spread of Covid-19 infections? Mapping mental models of factors contributing to the pandemic
Conceptualizing fishery systems
How the level of detail in mechanistic explanation affects customer responses to artificial intelligence-driven recommendations on social media platforms
The use of illustrations to explore social work students’ perceptions of interprofessional teams
“We’re Just Geeks”
Space
Model Matching Theory
Exploring Teenagers’ Folk Theories and Coping Strategies Regarding Commercial Data Collection and Personalized Advertising
A Co-orientation Analysis of Producers’ and Environmentalists’ Mental Models of Water Issues
A return to common-sense
Risks, benefits and the role of stakeholders in pathogen reduction technology
Undermining the Corrective Effects of Media-Based Political Fact Checking? The Role of Contextual Cues and Naïve Theory
Information communication technology in the form of an expert system shell as a cognitive tool to facilitate higher-order thinking
Applying social-ecological system resilience principles to the context of woody vegetation management in smallholder farming landscapes of the Global South
Grassland farmers’ relationship with biodiversity
Not just having fun
Toward a complete interdisciplinary treatment of scale
Beyond yields
Navigating the energy transition
Embedding Climate Action
Why machine learning is a misnomer
Universal and culture-specific properties of children's mental models of the earth
Remembering
Learning in and about complex systems
Team Mental Model
Mental models of the earth
Ecological models based on people’s knowledge
A Cognitive Theory of Cultural Meaning
The Development of Cognitive Anthropology
Adapting Science to Adaptive Managers
Applying cognitive mapping approach to explore the objective–structure of forest owners in a Northern Finnish case area
Mental models and social representations of hazards
Processes of social learning in integrated resources management
Danger is all around
Water Management in the Camargue Biosphere Reserve
On looking into the black box
Using Consensus Analysis to Assess Mental Models about Water Use and Management in the Crocodile River Catchment, South Africa
Ardi
Extracting, Representing, and Analyzing Mental Models
| Unique citing works | 206 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 13,73 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 167 |