this article is to present an alternative framework for mental representations that is based on using topological or geometric structures rather than ...
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MENTAL REPRESENTATION, CONCEPTUAL SPACES AND METAPHORS. 23. Processing the information contained in a mental state consists in com- puting the consequences of ...
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Mental spaces: aspects of meaning construction in natural language.Gilles Fauconnier - 1994 - New York, NY, USA: Cambridge University Press.
A theoretical framework which combines recent insights of research in logic, psychology, and formal semantics on the nature of diagrammatic representation ...
TL;DR: In this paper, a structuralist theory of mental representation is presented, which is compatible with the implementation of mental representations in the ...
Jun 2, 2021 · The conceptual metaphor theory based on the embodied theory proposes that abstract concepts are represented by actual sensorimotor experiences.
Conceptual metaphor, or cognitive metaphor, refers to the understanding of one idea, or conceptual domain, in terms of another.
A proposal is that metaphors play a role in the representation of abstract concepts. The idea that abstract concepts are represented by metaphors was described ...
Nov 3, 2020 · A mental representation is a functioning isomorphism between a set of processes in the brain and a behaviorally important aspect of the world.