ISSN 0439-755X
CN 11-1911/B

›› 2004, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (03): 290-297.

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ON-LINE UPDATING OF SPATIAL SITUATION MODELS WITHOUT CLUE

Chi Yukai,Mo Lei,Guan Yanhua   

  1. (1Department of Education, Guangdong Institute of Education, Guangzhou 510303, China) (2Department of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China) (3Department of Psychology, East China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China)
  • Received:2003-04-21 Revised:1900-01-01 Published:2004-05-30 Online:2004-05-30
  • Contact: Chi Yukai

Abstract: By using an on-line window display technique, the present study investigated the different character of updating spatial information without clue in different research techniques. The results of 3 Experiments showed that on-line updating spatial information of situation models could be found in some conditions. Experiment 1 and Experiment 2 demonstrated that under the conditions of presenting the reading materials by key-press, the setting information participants read before could be updated on line, especially for explicit spatial information, such as “square”. In Experiment 3, the results of a recognition task showed that the implicit spatial information (such as “sculpture”) also could be updated on line without clue. Furthermore, the level of updating was changed along with probe-word location in text.

Key words: situation models, updating without clue, spatial information

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