%0 Journal Article %1 SundermeierVanDenBroek %A Sundermeier, Brian A. %A van den Broek, Paul %A Zwaan, Rolf A. %D In press %J Memory & Cognition %K memory casual IJCEELL semantic narrative comprehension %T Causal Coherence and the Availability of Locations and Objects During Narrative Comprehension %U http://freud.psy.fsu.edu/~zwaan/spatcaus.pdf %X The aim of this study was to examine whether locations of objects are encoded and available to the reader at different points in a narrative depending on their causal relevance. Participants in five experiments read narratives in which the spatial relation between an object and its location either did or did not provide a causal explanation for a later critical event. Object and location target words were presented to participants immediately before or after the critical event. Speeded-recognition response times to target words demonstrated that both locations and objects were re-activated, but only after they became causally relevant. The results suggest that the causal structure of a text can influence the availability of spatial information and that at least some spatial relations are encoded during reading and are available to the reader when needed to build coherence.

@article{SundermeierVanDenBroek, abstract = {The aim of this study was to examine whether locations of objects are encoded and available to the reader at different points in a narrative depending on their causal relevance. Participants in five experiments read narratives in which the spatial relation between an object and its location either did or did not provide a causal explanation for a later critical event. Object and location target words were presented to participants immediately before or after the critical event. Speeded-recognition response times to target words demonstrated that both locations and objects were re-activated, but only after they became causally relevant. The results suggest that the causal structure of a text can influence the availability of spatial information and that at least some spatial relations are encoded during reading and are available to the reader when needed to build coherence.}, added-at = {2006-08-17T18:17:45.000+0200}, author = {Sundermeier, Brian A. and van den Broek, Paul and Zwaan, Rolf A.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/256feca22d4f9606a519bc0e6f7032a43/yish}, interhash = {492ba4335ae4f9081d2e874cd99e5329}, intrahash = {56feca22d4f9606a519bc0e6f7032a43}, journal = {Memory & Cognition}, keywords = {memory casual IJCEELL semantic narrative comprehension}, timestamp = {2006-08-17T18:17:45.000+0200}, title = {Causal Coherence and the Availability of Locations and Objects During Narrative Comprehension}, url = {http://freud.psy.fsu.edu/~zwaan/spatcaus.pdf}, year = {In press} }