Dutke Stephan
Department of Psychology, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany.
Exp Psychol. 2003;50(4):270-84. doi: 10.1026//1618-3169.50.4.270.
Anaphor resolution has been found to depend on the spatial distance between the reader's focus of attention and the location of the anaphor referent in a spatially organized situation model (spatial distance effect; Rinck & Bower, 1995). This effect implies that a) the situation model is spatially organized and b) spatial distance has a stronger effect on the resolution of anaphoric reference than the text priming the anaphor referent. In three experiments, adult participants read 12 short narratives about protagonists moving around a building. Mentionning the location of the anaphor referent in text prior to the anaphoric sentence facilitated anaphor resolution. Decreased spatial distance consistently facilitated anaphor resolution, even when priming the anaphor referent affected anaphor resolution more strongly than spatial distance. Results are discussed with regard to the interpretation and reliability of the spatial distance effect and the interaction of different representational levels in the context of multi-level theories of text comprehension.
已发现指代消解取决于读者注意力焦点与指代对象在空间组织情境模型中的位置之间的空间距离（空间距离效应；林克和鲍尔，1995）。这种效应意味着：a）情境模型是按空间组织的；b）空间距离对指代消解的影响比对指代对象进行文本启动的影响更强。在三个实验中，成年参与者阅读了12篇关于主角在建筑物内四处走动的简短叙述。在指代句之前的文本中提及指代对象的位置有助于指代消解。空间距离的减小始终有助于指代消解，即使在指代对象启动对指代消解的影响比空间距离更强的情况下也是如此。针对空间距离效应的解释和可靠性以及在文本理解多层次理论背景下不同表征层次的相互作用对结果进行了讨论。
