Interpretation as Play: A Cognitive Psychological Model of Inference and Situation Model Construction
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- Authors
- Higgins, M.
- Affiliations
- University of Portsmouth (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Higgins, Matthew
- ORCID
- Higgins, Matthew
- Venue
- Lecture Notes in Computer Science
- Publisher
- Springer Nature Switzerland
- Published
- 2023
- Pages
- 3-20
- ISSN
- 0302-9743 (ISSN-L)
- 1611-3349
- OpenAlex
- W4388019308
- Semantic Scholar
- 83c0cc4c51de5666e07b10e254ca5d207a98232c
- Cited by
- 2
- References
- 66
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2024: 1
- FWCI
- 13.29
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Lecture notes in computer science (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Literature and Literary Theory › Narrative Theory and Analysis
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Digital Games and Media
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Artificial Intelligence in Games
- Keywords
- narrative interpretation, narrative comprehension, inference, discourse comprehension, video games, Gone Home, game narrative, interactive digital narratives, long-term memory, game design
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