Aspects of a Cognitive Neuroscience of Mental Imagery.

Kosslyn, Stephen M.

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ERIC Number: EJ374108

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Publication Date: 1988

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Aspects of a Cognitive Neuroscience of Mental Imagery.

Kosslyn, Stephen M.

Science, v240 n4859 p1621-26 Jun 17 1988

Illustrates how one can discover structure in mental abilities where none was obvious. Reports that two classes of processes are used to form images. Indicates that imagery is carried out by multiple processes, not all of which are implemented equally effectively in the same part of the brain. (RT)

Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Mapping, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Encoding (Psychology), Higher Education, Language Processing, Neurolinguistics, Neurological Organization, Perception, Schemata (Cognition)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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