>> This loss of context seems to happen for two reasons: they forget >> what they are doing while browsing and understanding the code >> (perhaps due to information overload), or are distracted from their >> original task and unable to remember what they were doing (digression). > >This reminds me... > >After having read Graesser, Millis, and Zwaan's "Discource >Comprehension" (Annual Review of Psychology, vol 48, pp. 163-189, >1997) a while back, I attempted to transfer their discontinuities
An interesting paper, which along with others is available from the web site of one of the authors: http://freud.psy.fsu.edu/~zwaan/papers.html derek -- Derek M Jones tel: +44 (0) 1252 520 667 Knowledge Software Ltd mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Applications Standards Conformance Testing http://www.knosof.co.uk ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PPIG Discuss List ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Discuss admin: http://limitlessmail.net/mailman/listinfo/discuss Announce admin: http://limitlessmail.net/mailman/listinfo/announce PPIG Discuss archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss%40ppig.org/
