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Mental representation — A (mental) representation, in philosophy of mind, cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and cognitive science, is a hypothetical internal cognitive symbol that represents external reality, or else a mental process that makes use of such a symbol; a … Wikipedia
mental representation — noun a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image • Syn: ↑representation, ↑internal representation • Derivationally related forms: ↑represent (for: ↑representation) • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Mental process — Mental processes, mental functions and cognitive processes are terms often used interchangeably (although not always correctly so, the term cognitive tends to have specific implications – see cognitive and cognitivism) to mean such functions or… … Wikipedia
Mental image — A mental image is an experience that, on most occasions, significantly resembles the experience of perceiving some object, event, or scene, but occurs when the relevant object, event, or scene is not actually present to the senses.[1][2][3][4]… … Wikipedia
mental image — noun an iconic mental representation (Freq. 4) her imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate • Syn: ↑image • Derivationally related forms: ↑image (for: ↑image) … Useful english dictionary
Mental event — A mental event is a particular occurrence of something going on in the mind or mind substitute. It can be a thought, a dream, a feeling, a realization, or any other mental activity. Mental events are not limited to human thought but can be… … Wikipedia
Mental property — A mental property or a mind property is a property of a/the mind. Mental properties are studied by many sciences and parasciences. Some of these sciences are: psychology, cognitive sciences and recently also systemics. There are three[citation… … Wikipedia
mental object — noun the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned • Syn: ↑content, ↑cognitive content • Hypernyms: ↑cognition, ↑knowledge, ↑noesis • Hyponyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
mental picture — Synonyms and related words: Vorstellung, concept, conception, conceptualization, eidetic image, envisaging, envisioning, image, imagery, imagery study, imaging, imagism, imagistic poetry, lifelike image, mental image, mental representation,… … Moby Thesaurus
mental — mental, ale, aux [ mɑ̃tal, o ] adj. • mentel 1371; bas lat. mentalis, de mens, mentis « esprit » 1 ♦ Qui se fait dans l esprit seulement, sans expression orale ou écrite. Opérations mentales. Calcul mental. Lecture mentale. Restriction mentale. 2 … Encyclopédie Universelle
