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Mental Model Formation

Mental Model Formation is a cognitive process through which individuals or teams develop internal, representational structures—based on experience, instruction, or interaction—that encode the functional relationships and dynamics of a task or system, distinguishing it from related cognitive phenomena by its focus on the acquisition and structuring of knowledge to support coordinated understanding and problem solving within a shared context.

262

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25K

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565

Authors

269

Institutions

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2017–2026

58

Variants

Mental Model Construction

Parents

Publications

262

Eliciting self-explanations improves understanding,

Cognitive Science · 1994 · 2.1K citations

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Shared mental models in expert team decision making.

Janis A. Cannon‐Bowers, Eduardo Salas, Sharolyn A. Converse · 1993 · 1.5K citations

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Some observations on mental models

Donald A. Norman · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 1983 · 1.5K citations

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Team mental model: construct or metaphor?

Richard J. Klimoski · Journal of Management · 1994 · 1.3K citations

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Mental Models: An Interdisciplinary Synthesis of Theory and Methods

Natalie A. Jones, Helen Ross, Timothy Lynam et al. · Ecology and Society · 2011 · 970 citations · Full text

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Authors

565

  1. WS
    Wolfgang Schnotz

    University of Koblenz and Landau, Germany

    5 publications · 301 citations

    5

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  2. PN
    P. N. Johnson‐Laird

    Princeton University, United States

    5 publications · 513 citations

    5

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  3. UV
    Ulrich von Hecker

    Cardiff University, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 100 citations

    4

    h-index

  4. RE
    Richard E. Mayer

    University of California, Santa Barbara, United States

    4 publications · 1.1K citations

    4

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  5. NM
    Norbert M. Seel

    University of Freiburg, Germany

    3 publications · 69 citations

    3

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Institutions

269

  1. Delft University of Technology

    Delft, The Netherlands

    8 h-index

    17 publications

    621 citations

  2. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    693 citations

  3. Decision Sciences (United States)

    Fort Walton Beach, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    511 citations

  4. University of Colorado Boulder

    Boulder, United States

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    374 citations

  5. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    160 citations

  6. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    139 citations

  7. University of Koblenz and Landau

    Mainz, Germany

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    473 citations

  8. Universität Koblenz

    Koblenz, Germany

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    420 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Educational Psychology

    6 publications · 966 citations

    6

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  2. Cognitive Science

    4 publications · 2.9K citations

    4

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  4. CoDesign

    4 publications · 165 citations

    4

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  5. International Journal of Science Education

    IJSE · 3 publications · 165 citations

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