Scripts also support a computational theory, similar in spirit to frames in artificial intelligence (Minsky 1981). Both are based on the general idea of schemas as a basis for mental representation (see e.g. Arbib 1989; Brewer and Nakamura 1984; Bartlett 1932; Bobrow and Norman 1975; Rumelhart 1980). According to schema theory, people organize knowledge about familiar objects, situations, and procedures in terms of prototypes, or schemas. A schema consists of a representation for common knowledge that is shared by all instances, and a number of Slots […]