Two general categories of learning outcomes—retention and transfer of learning—continue
to command the attention of investigators of human learning, as well as of practitioners of …

First published in 1978. In this book the author has attempted to present a systematic
theoretical and factual account of the role of higher mental processes in human learning and …

The present paper presents a series of studies showing that relevant contextual knowledge
is a prerequisite for comprehending prose passages. Four studies are reported, each …

Macrostructures are higher-level semantic or conceptual structures that organize the
'local'microstructures of discourse, interaction, and their cognitive processing. They are …

The loci of imagery effects in several domains are clarified by separating issues related to
the storage of information in memory and its use following retrieval. Empirical findings from …

Considers nonverbal imagery and verbal symbolic processes in relation to associative
learning and memory. These 2 hypothesized processes are operationally distinguished in …

The effects of structure and content variables on memory and comprehension of prose
passages were studied in two experiments. The experimental passages exemplify a class of …

The contemporary constructive view of language comprehension, with its attendant
emphasis on the role of contextual factors, has many historical antecedents in psychology …

This book presents a new theoretical framework--what Gernsbacher calls the Structure
Building Framework--for understanding language comprehension in particular, and …

First published in 1979. Basic research, at its essence, is exploration of the unknown. When
it is successful, isolated pieces of reality are deciphered and described. Most of the history of …