Two experiments investigated the mental representation of spatial descriptions. In
Experiment 1, the subjects classified a series of diagrams, each presented after a spatial …

Mental models of text are representations of what the text is about (ie, situations), rather than
representations of the text itself. Many mental model theories propose that mental models …

Three experiments were carried out in which subjects drew diagrams to depict spatial
layouts corresponding to such three-sentence verbal descriptions as:“The apple is on the left …

This study explores the commonalities between linguistic and visual representations of
space. In particular, because common types of spatial relations, specifically closed-class …

Three experiments are reported which examined the role of geometry and functional
relations in the comprehension of the spatial prepositions over, under, above, and below …

In four experiments, subjects read route or survey descriptions of naturalistic environments
and then answered verbatim or inference questions from both perspectives and drew maps …

Publisher Summary This chapter reviews that spatial descriptions spontaneously construct
spatial mental models of the described scenes as a natural consequence of reading for …

Six experiments were conducted to test whether the spatial properties of cognitive maps
constructed from verbal descriptions are similar to those of representations derived from …

The authors investigated the metrics of spatial distance represented in situation models of
narratives. In 3 experiments, a spatial gradient of accessibility in situation models was …

Two informationally equivalent texts were constructed which described a fictitious town,
emphasizing its spatial layout. In one version (Survey text), spatial information was in …