Mental Models¶
Johnson-Laird, P. (1983). Mental Models: Towards a Cognitive Science of Language, Inference, and Consciousness. Harvard University Press.
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- Mental Model
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This sourceComprehensive theory of how mental models underpin human reasoning, language, and imagination; foundational modern treatment.
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