A computational model for simulating text comprehension.
In the present article, we outline the architecture of a computer program for simulating the process by which humans comprehend texts. The program is based on psycholinguistic theories about human memory and text comprehension processes, such as the construction-integration model (Kintsch, 1998), the latent semantic analysis theory of knowledge representation (Landauer & Dumais, 1997), and the predication algorithms (Kintsch, 2001; Lemaire & Bianco, 2003), and it is intended to help psycholinguists investigate the way humans comprehend texts.
Lemaire
Benoît
B
University of Grenoble, Grenoble, France. benoit.lemaire@imag.fr
Denhière
Guy
G
Bellissens
Cédrick
C
Jhean-Larose
Sandra
S
D003071:Cognition; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011932:Reading; D012660:Semantics; D013067:Speech Perception