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Professor Greg Francis 8/14/12Mental imageryMental representationPSY 200Greg FrancisHow do you mentally representknowledge? concepts (prototypes, exemplars)Lecture 24 propositions mental images, mapsIs a picture in your head like a picture inthe world?Purdue UniversityPurdue UniversityPerceptionWe have knowledge about, and memoriesof, perceived stimuli sights smells touches soundsAre these converted into propositions, orconcepts or is there something else?Purdue UniversityWhen we see thisimage how do werepresent theinformation in theimage? analog: copy ofimage in head andwe can retrieve itImages symbology: convert topropositions/conceptsPurdue UniversityImagesImagesI can remember theimage on theprevious slide and itfeels like I picturethe image in myhead but is it really? could it be aproposition?shortswearsgirlRuns toballIf you ask me questions about the previous slide,my answers would not necessarily identify therepresentationshortswearsgirlObservableRuns toballThere was a girl running toa soccer ball. She wore red shorts.MentalPurdue UniversityPurdue UniversityPSY 200: Intro. to Cognitive Psychology 1