Beyond perceptual symbols: A call for representational pluralism

Cognition

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 412-431

  Dove, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Concepts; Empiricism; Imagery; Perceptual symbol systems; Representation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MEMORY; MENTAL FUNCTION; METHODOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SYMBOLISM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

COGNITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MEMORY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SEMANTICS;

EID: 59649123911     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2008.11.016     Document Type: Article

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