A mental representation (or cognitive 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 formal system for making explicit certain entities or types of information, together with a specification of how the system does this."
Mental representations (or mental imagery) enable representing things that have never been experienced as well as things that do not exist. Think of yourself traveling to a place you have never been before, or having a third arm. These things have either never happened or are impossible and do not exist, yet our brain and mental imagery allows us to imagine them. Although visual imagery is more likely to be recalled, mental imagery may involve representations in any of the sensory modalities, such as, hearing, smell, or taste. Kosslyn proposes images are used to help solve certain types of problems. We are able to visualize the objects in question and mentally represent the images to solve it.
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published: 23 Feb 2015
Ryan D. McKendrick - Mental representations and grounding
Ryan McKendrick describes his cognitive science/philosophy research in the Representational Theory of Mind and the question of how our representations are grounded in reality.
Ryan is advised by Dr. Zenon Pylyshyn of the Center for Cognitive Science, and Dr. Jerry Allen Foder of the Department of Philosophy.
published: 26 Jun 2009
What are Mental Representations? | Frances Egan & Robinson Erhardt
Full Episode: https://youtu.be/_7WswL-Hlc8
Robinson’s Podcast #86 - Frances Egan: Mental Representation and Psychological Explanation
Frances Egan is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers, where she works on the philosophy of mind, the philosophy of psychology, and the foundations of cognitive science. Recently she has been researching computational models of cognition and how they relate to representation. Robinson and Frankie talk about the foundations of cognitive science and the nature of mental representations before discussing psychological explanation, different ways of conceiving the mind’s boundaries, and how it interfaces with the rest of the body and environment.
Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of mathematics at Stanford University. ...
Representation is a label or symbol that stands for something in its absence.
Mental Representation includes - Symbols, Images , Imagery and Functional Equivalence Hypothesis, Propositions, Semantic Network Models Vs. Feature Comparison Models ,Concepts. .
published: 11 Jun 2021
Understanding Cognitive Representation - Research Bites with Dr Anna Sedda
published: 03 Apr 2020
Mental Representation of Words and Categories by Infants and Toddlers
Frances Egan is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers, where she works on the philosophy of mind, the philosophy of psychology, and the foundations of cognitive science. Recently she has been researching computational models of cognition and how they relate to representation. Robinson and Frankie talk about the foundations of cognitive science and the nature of mental representations before discussing psychological explanation, different ways of conceiving the mind’s boundaries, and how it interfaces with the rest of the body and environment.
Frankie’s Website: https://frances-egan.org/index.html
Mental Representation: https://plato.stanford.edu/ENTRIES/mental-representation/
OUTLINE
00:00 In This Episode…
01:21 Introduction
07:10 Frankie and the Philosophy of Mind
11:04 Th...
Ryan McKendrick describes his cognitive science/philosophy research in the Representational Theory of Mind and the question of how our representations are groun...
Ryan McKendrick describes his cognitive science/philosophy research in the Representational Theory of Mind and the question of how our representations are grounded in reality.
Ryan is advised by Dr. Zenon Pylyshyn of the Center for Cognitive Science, and Dr. Jerry Allen Foder of the Department of Philosophy.
Ryan McKendrick describes his cognitive science/philosophy research in the Representational Theory of Mind and the question of how our representations are grounded in reality.
Ryan is advised by Dr. Zenon Pylyshyn of the Center for Cognitive Science, and Dr. Jerry Allen Foder of the Department of Philosophy.
Full Episode: https://youtu.be/_7WswL-Hlc8
Robinson’s Podcast #86 - Frances Egan: Mental Representation and Psychological Explanation
Frances Egan is Distingu...
Full Episode: https://youtu.be/_7WswL-Hlc8
Robinson’s Podcast #86 - Frances Egan: Mental Representation and Psychological Explanation
Frances Egan is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers, where she works on the philosophy of mind, the philosophy of psychology, and the foundations of cognitive science. Recently she has been researching computational models of cognition and how they relate to representation. Robinson and Frankie talk about the foundations of cognitive science and the nature of mental representations before discussing psychological explanation, different ways of conceiving the mind’s boundaries, and how it interfaces with the rest of the body and environment.
Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of mathematics at Stanford University. Join him in conversations with philosophers, scientists, weightlifters, artists, and everyone in-between.
Robinson's Website: http://robinsonerhardt.com
Full Episode: https://youtu.be/_7WswL-Hlc8
Robinson’s Podcast #86 - Frances Egan: Mental Representation and Psychological Explanation
Frances Egan is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers, where she works on the philosophy of mind, the philosophy of psychology, and the foundations of cognitive science. Recently she has been researching computational models of cognition and how they relate to representation. Robinson and Frankie talk about the foundations of cognitive science and the nature of mental representations before discussing psychological explanation, different ways of conceiving the mind’s boundaries, and how it interfaces with the rest of the body and environment.
Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of mathematics at Stanford University. Join him in conversations with philosophers, scientists, weightlifters, artists, and everyone in-between.
Robinson's Website: http://robinsonerhardt.com
Representation is a label or symbol that stands for something in its absence.
Mental Representation includes - Symbols, Images , Imagery and Functional Equiva...
Representation is a label or symbol that stands for something in its absence.
Mental Representation includes - Symbols, Images , Imagery and Functional Equivalence Hypothesis, Propositions, Semantic Network Models Vs. Feature Comparison Models ,Concepts. .
Representation is a label or symbol that stands for something in its absence.
Mental Representation includes - Symbols, Images , Imagery and Functional Equivalence Hypothesis, Propositions, Semantic Network Models Vs. Feature Comparison Models ,Concepts. .
Frances Egan is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers, where she works on the philosophy of mind, the philosophy of psychology, and the foundations o...
Frances Egan is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers, where she works on the philosophy of mind, the philosophy of psychology, and the foundations of cognitive science. Recently she has been researching computational models of cognition and how they relate to representation. Robinson and Frankie talk about the foundations of cognitive science and the nature of mental representations before discussing psychological explanation, different ways of conceiving the mind’s boundaries, and how it interfaces with the rest of the body and environment.
Frankie’s Website: https://frances-egan.org/index.html
Mental Representation: https://plato.stanford.edu/ENTRIES/mental-representation/
OUTLINE
00:00 In This Episode…
01:21 Introduction
07:10 Frankie and the Philosophy of Mind
11:04 The Foundations of Cognitive Science
13:20 What are Mental Representations?
26:49 Eliminativism and Representations
32:33 A Deflationary Account
40:51 Naturalism and Cognitive Science
55:39 Psychological Explanation
01:03:02 The Extended Mind and Embodied Cognition
01:21:14 The New Mechanists
Robinson’s Website: http://robinsonerhardt.com
Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of mathematics at Stanford University. Join him in conversations with philosophers, scientists, weightlifters, artists, and everyone in-between.
Frances Egan is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers, where she works on the philosophy of mind, the philosophy of psychology, and the foundations of cognitive science. Recently she has been researching computational models of cognition and how they relate to representation. Robinson and Frankie talk about the foundations of cognitive science and the nature of mental representations before discussing psychological explanation, different ways of conceiving the mind’s boundaries, and how it interfaces with the rest of the body and environment.
Frankie’s Website: https://frances-egan.org/index.html
Mental Representation: https://plato.stanford.edu/ENTRIES/mental-representation/
OUTLINE
00:00 In This Episode…
01:21 Introduction
07:10 Frankie and the Philosophy of Mind
11:04 The Foundations of Cognitive Science
13:20 What are Mental Representations?
26:49 Eliminativism and Representations
32:33 A Deflationary Account
40:51 Naturalism and Cognitive Science
55:39 Psychological Explanation
01:03:02 The Extended Mind and Embodied Cognition
01:21:14 The New Mechanists
Robinson’s Website: http://robinsonerhardt.com
Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of mathematics at Stanford University. Join him in conversations with philosophers, scientists, weightlifters, artists, and everyone in-between.
Ryan McKendrick describes his cognitive science/philosophy research in the Representational Theory of Mind and the question of how our representations are grounded in reality.
Ryan is advised by Dr. Zenon Pylyshyn of the Center for Cognitive Science, and Dr. Jerry Allen Foder of the Department of Philosophy.
Full Episode: https://youtu.be/_7WswL-Hlc8
Robinson’s Podcast #86 - Frances Egan: Mental Representation and Psychological Explanation
Frances Egan is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers, where she works on the philosophy of mind, the philosophy of psychology, and the foundations of cognitive science. Recently she has been researching computational models of cognition and how they relate to representation. Robinson and Frankie talk about the foundations of cognitive science and the nature of mental representations before discussing psychological explanation, different ways of conceiving the mind’s boundaries, and how it interfaces with the rest of the body and environment.
Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of mathematics at Stanford University. Join him in conversations with philosophers, scientists, weightlifters, artists, and everyone in-between.
Robinson's Website: http://robinsonerhardt.com
Representation is a label or symbol that stands for something in its absence.
Mental Representation includes - Symbols, Images , Imagery and Functional Equivalence Hypothesis, Propositions, Semantic Network Models Vs. Feature Comparison Models ,Concepts. .
Frances Egan is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers, where she works on the philosophy of mind, the philosophy of psychology, and the foundations of cognitive science. Recently she has been researching computational models of cognition and how they relate to representation. Robinson and Frankie talk about the foundations of cognitive science and the nature of mental representations before discussing psychological explanation, different ways of conceiving the mind’s boundaries, and how it interfaces with the rest of the body and environment.
Frankie’s Website: https://frances-egan.org/index.html
Mental Representation: https://plato.stanford.edu/ENTRIES/mental-representation/
OUTLINE
00:00 In This Episode…
01:21 Introduction
07:10 Frankie and the Philosophy of Mind
11:04 The Foundations of Cognitive Science
13:20 What are Mental Representations?
26:49 Eliminativism and Representations
32:33 A Deflationary Account
40:51 Naturalism and Cognitive Science
55:39 Psychological Explanation
01:03:02 The Extended Mind and Embodied Cognition
01:21:14 The New Mechanists
Robinson’s Website: http://robinsonerhardt.com
Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of mathematics at Stanford University. Join him in conversations with philosophers, scientists, weightlifters, artists, and everyone in-between.
A mental representation (or cognitive 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 formal system for making explicit certain entities or types of information, together with a specification of how the system does this."
Mental representations (or mental imagery) enable representing things that have never been experienced as well as things that do not exist. Think of yourself traveling to a place you have never been before, or having a third arm. These things have either never happened or are impossible and do not exist, yet our brain and mental imagery allows us to imagine them. Although visual imagery is more likely to be recalled, mental imagery may involve representations in any of the sensory modalities, such as, hearing, smell, or taste. Kosslyn proposes images are used to help solve certain types of problems. We are able to visualize the objects in question and mentally represent the images to solve it.
Jonathan Boulware ...Michael Cayre ... His works utilize conceptualism, interactivity, and elements of art history to explore complex psych-visual factors like sensory substitution, internal representations, transhistorical paradigms, and mental rotation.
For Representation Only (File). The session also aims to raise awareness about mental health and substance abuse issues in jails ... See more. News / Cities / Lucknow / U.P. prison administration to hold two-day consultation on jail health services ....
... and mental health treatment. And in 2032, nine members will be elected to the Board of Supervisors, which should allow for more representation of the county’s geography, politics and ethnic diversity.
Watson said that he will suggest to legal representation that they have their clients undergo a mental health screening while they are going through the judicial process, prior to possible incarceration.
“Coday would show that on numerous instances Dunn has falsely accused him of criminal conduct, ‘being crazy’ and made false representation about his physical and/or mental well-being,” the counter-claim stated.
His campaign hinged largely on creating solutions for the ongoing migrant crisis, support for those struggling with mental health issues and drug abuse and improved representation in Albany for upstate municipalities.
(Pic used for representation). The compensation addresses the “physical and mental distress experienced by the passenger and his family,” who reported suffering from a lack of water and non-functional air conditioning in the train's toilets ... See more.
The NHL suspended Rypien for six games and fined him $25,000 while Engquist threatened commissioner Gary Bettman that he'd be seeking legal representation.
World models take inspiration from the mental models of the world that humans develop naturally. Our brains take the abstract representations from our senses and form them into more concrete ...
“His life changed,” al-Haji said, “and in the end managed to participate in a major sports event.” Integrated forms of psychological support for disabled people “promote mental health and empower them to confront challenges,” he added.
The report said that preliminary investigations indicated the mother was dealing with mental distress, which led her to take her own son's life. (Representational image).
... every seat would elect a Republican and denying representation to the heavily liberal population center of the state ... 'He’s mentally ill.' NY laughs ahead of Trump's Madison Square Garden rally.
He presented a graphical representation of children with physical disabilities among CIGH participants, including mental health disabilities. ... Regular assessments to help identify physical and mental disorders,” he said.