Cognitive models of program comprehension model the mental processes involved in program understanding.

In most cognitive models, _hypotheses_ are key drivers of the comprehension process. The models describe how programmers generate and verify such hypothesis.

Key references:
	* Ruven Brooks.  Towards a Theory of the Cognitive Processes in Computer Programming. _International Journal of Man-Machine Studies_, 9(6):737-741, 1977.

	* Stanley Letovsky.  Cognitive Processes in Program Comprehension.  _Empirical Studies of Programmers_, E. Soloway and S. Iyengar, editors, Ablex Publishing Company, Norwood, New Jersey, 1986.

	* Anneliese von Mayrhauser and A. Mary Vans. _Program Comprehension During Software Maintenance and Evolution._ IEEE Computer. August, 1995. Vol. 28, No. 8, pages 44-55.	http://dlib.computer.org/co/books/co1995/pdf/r8044.pdf
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