The heterogeneity of mental representation: Ending the imagery debate

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 33, 2015, Pages 10089-10092

  Pearsona, Joel ^a   Kosslynb, Stephen M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b KECK GRADUATE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Imagery debate; Mental codes; Mental imagery; Working memory

Indexed keywords

AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; COMPREHENSION; HUMAN; IMAGERY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MENTAL REPRESENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RESPONSE TIME; REVIEW; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; STRIATE CORTEX; SYMBOLISM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL ILLUSION; VISUAL INFORMATION; WORKING MEMORY; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; GUIDED IMAGERY; IMAGINATION; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BRAIN; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); IMAGINATION; LANGUAGE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84939864405     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1504933112     Document Type: Review

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