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Top-down influences in the interactive alignment model: The power of the situation model

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2004

Tessa Warren*
Affiliation:
607 LRDC (Learning, Research, and Development Center) and Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Keith Rayner*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003

Abstract

Pickering & Garrod's (P&G's) model is an innovative and important step in the study of naturalistic language. However, the simplicity of its mechanisms for dialogue coordination may be overstated and the hypothesized direct priming channel between interlocutors' situation models is questionable. A complete specification of the model will require more investigation of the role of top-down inhibition among representations.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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