A series of experiments compared 131 undergraduates' processing of 2 versions (VSs) of a
text describing spatial configuration. VS 1 was a linear, systematic description, proceeding …

we frequently rely on language, in conjunction with or in the absence of perceptual
experience, to convey spatial information. Production of such descriptions involves a host of …

Surrounding space is not inherently organized, but we tend to treat it as though it consisted
of regions (eg, front, back, right, and left). The current studies show that these conceptual …

Three experiments examined how readers inferred spatial information that was relevant to a
story character's movements through a previously memorized layout of a fictional building …

Publisher Summary This chapter reports an experiment on a spatial descriptions task,
originally designed by Ehrlich and Johnson–Laird to study the integration of sentences in a …

Three classes of theories of the mental representation of spatial relations were tested.
Nonhierarchical theories propose that spatial relations among objects in an environment are …

We know that graphics in texts can be effective for learning, but we do not have much
knowledge about how text comprehension interacts with graphics comprehension …

Three experiments examined how people compare sentences about spatial location to
pictures and images. Previous investigations have found that people are faster at judging …

In six experiments, subjects read narratives describing varying spatial scenes with more
than one point of view. They were probed with questions about objects located in six …

Theories of discourse comprehension and memory for text usually assume a prepositional
format in which information is stored. In correspondence with the work on mental imagery we …