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disposition > cognition > mental representation

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mental representation  

Definition

  • An internal cognitive entity, permanent or transitory, that maintains a correspondence with a situation, object or event and can be used as a substitute for cognitive processing in their absence.

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Entry terms

  • cognitive representation

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Bault, N., Chambon, V., Maionchi-Pino, N., Pénicaud, F.-X., Putois, B., & Roy, J.-M. (2011). Peut-on se passer de représentations en sciences cognitives ? De Boeck.

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
  • • Favela, L. H., & Machery, E. (2023). Investigating the concept of representation in the neural and psychological sciences. Frontiers in Psychology, 14. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1165622

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: open]
  • • Pitt, D. (2022). Mental representation. In E. N. Zalta & U. Nodelman (Eds.), The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2022). Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University. https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2022/entries/mental-representation/

    [Study type: literature review / Access: free]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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