Reviews: Cognitive Processes in Comprehension, Cognitive Theory

Theory-based Analysis of Cognitive Support in Software Comprehension Tools

Past research on software comprehension tools has produced a wealth of lessons in building good tools. However our explanations of these tools tends to be weakly grounded in existing theories of cognition and human–computer interaction. As a result, the interesting rationales underlying their design are poorly articulated, leaving the lessons primarily implicit. This paper describes a way of us...

understanding the cognitive processes underlying performance in the ielts listening comprehension test

extended abstract 1. introduction there is a consensus among listening researchers that listening comprehension includes a variety of subskills; though there is not yet a general agreement on their precise nature or exact number (buck & tatsuoka, 1998). thus, it should be possible to define listening as complex skill operations which involve a number of subskills or constituent elements (goh & ...

A Cognitive Architecture Theory of Comprehension and Appraisal

Current computational appraisal models do not include comprehensive theories for the origins of appraisals – why and how are they generated? We argue that an agent is constantly engaged in comprehension as it strives to make sense of its place in the world. Our hypothesis is that many appraisals are inherent to the comprehension process. We present a model for the comprehension process and desc...

the relationship between field-related cognitive styles and global reading comprehension of hypertext

this study investigates the relationship between field-related cognitive styles and global reading comprehension of hypertext. technically, field dependency is prevailing dominance of field on perception of parts, while global comprehension is skim-like reading to grasp the general content. in this research project, 60 senior and junior students of arak university majoring in english literature...

Cognitive Modeling of Icon Comprehension