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memory as a bottleneck in the comprehension process (Fletcher, 1981, 1986; Kintsch & van Dijk, …

Reading comprehension is one of the most complex and uniquely human of cognitive activities.
During reading, the successful comprehender connects the various events, persons, and …

… Correspondence and requests for reprints should be sent to Charles R. Fletcher, Department
of Psychology, University of Minnesota, 75 East River Road, Minneapolis, MN 55455. …

review the characteristics of each level of representation [in memory of discourse comprehension:
surface form, propositional text base and situational model] as well as the theoretical …

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 …

In this paper, I describe a computer program, WORDPRO, which simulates the psychological
processes involved when third-grade children understand and solve simple arithmetic word …

Eciton burchelli colonies alternate bouts of central place foraging with periods of migration
according to a set rhythm. When these army ants forage from a central nest site they separate …

… Requests for reprints should be addressed to Charles R. Fletcher, Department of … As a
result, we cannot rule out the possibility that Fletcher and Bloom's (1988) findings are the result of …

Two experiments are presented in support of the hypothesis that various syntactic constructions
hierarchize along a continuum which codes the degree of topic continuity in a discourse. …

… Requests for reprints should be addressed to Charles R. Fletcher, Department of … Finally,
Fletcher ( 198 1) tested subjects during comprehension and found that propositions identified …