This paper presents five abstract characteristics of the mental representation of computer
programs hierarchical structure, explicit mapping of code to goals, foundation on recognition …

This paper presents five abstract characteristics of the mental representation of computer
programs: hierarchical structure, explicit mapping of code to goals, foundation on …

Comprehension of computer programs involves detecting or inferring different kinds of
relations between program parts. Different kinds of programming knowledge facilitate …

Mental representations of programs for student and professional programmers | Empirical
studies of programmers: second workshop skip to main content ACM Digital Library home ACM …

This paper reports on an empirical study of the cognitive processes involved in program
comprehension. Verbal protocols were gathered from professional programmers as they …

We have been investigating the cognitive underpinnings of how programmers—novices and
experts—read and write computer programs. Our approach has been to employ a cycle of …

Processes in computer program comprehension | Papers presented at the first workshop on
empirical studies of programmers on Empirical studies of programmers ACM Digital Library …

Psychological experiments have shown that programmers tend to use the same structure
over and over. The authors call these commonly used programming structures' cliches'. They …

The cognitive organization of a set of abstract programming concepts was investigated in
subjects who varied in degree of computer programming experience. Relatedness ratings …

Like experts in other fields, expert computer programmers can recall at a glance far more
information relevant to their field than novices can. One explanation for this difference is that …