ABSTRACT
Frames for cyclic schemes consist of a different sort of narrative; namely, one involving recurring patterns of human activity. The temporal narratives discussed earlier also may be important in the mental representation of the time of occurrence of an event, both within noncyclic and cyclic schemes. The fact that there are a variety of temporal schemes suggests that the mental representation of temporal information for an event may involve multiple entries rather than a time line. The model refers to the most detailed level of information in memory as a fine-grain value. Fine-grain values may be inexact relative to the information a person is seeking to recover. A category covers a range of fine-grain values; a range of particular shades are greens, a range of particular dates are in a month. Events in memory may be represented via a time line, a single continuing narrative or an endless appointment book with conventional clock and calendar markings.
