Models, Mental

Known as: Mental Model, Mental Models, Model, Mental 
Cognitive representations of real, imaginary, or hypothetical situations or objects.
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2010
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2010
Mental models and human reasoning.
To be rational is to be able to reason. Thirty years ago psychologists believed that human reasoning depended on formal rules of… (More)
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2008
Highly Cited
2008
Psychological plausibility of the theory of probabilistic mental models and the fast and frugal heuristics.
The theory of probabilistic mental models (PMM; G. Gigerenzer, U. Hoffrage, & H. Kleinbölting, 1991) has had a major influence on… (More)
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2007
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2007
Self-projection and the brain
When thinking about the future or the upcoming actions of another person, we mentally project ourselves into that alternative… (More)
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2001
Highly Cited
2001
Mental models and deduction
According to the mental-model theory of deductive reasoning, reasoners use the meanings of assertions together with general… (More)
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2000
Highly Cited
2000
The influence of shared mental models on team process and performance.
The influence of teammates' shared mental models on team processes and performance was tested using 56 undergraduate dyads who… (More)
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1997
Highly Cited
1997
Visual scanning and pilot expertise: the role of attentional flexibility and mental model development.
In order to examine differences in flying expertise, 12 novice and 12 expert pilots flew a 7-segment simulation pattern under… (More)
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1992
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1992
Propositional reasoning by model.
This article describes a new theory of propositional reasoning, that is, deductions depending on if, or, and, and not. The theory… (More)
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1991
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1991
Probabilistic mental models: a Brunswikian theory of confidence.
Research on people's confidence in their general knowledge has to date produced two fairly stable effects, many inconsistent… (More)
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1987
Highly Cited
1987
Romantic love conceptualized as an attachment process.
This article explores the possibility that romantic love is an attachment process--a biosocial process by which affectional bonds… (More)
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1982
Highly Cited
1982
The mental representation of spatial descriptions.
Two experiments investigated the mental representation of spatial descriptions. In Experiment 1, the subjects classified a series… (More)
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