Mental models and the mind current developments in cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and philosophy of mind

Cognitive psychologists report their research on the representation and processing of mental models in human memory. Cognitive neuroscienctists demonstrate how visual and spatial mental models are processed in the brain. Philosophers discuss the role of mental models in relation to perception, emoti...

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Main Author: Held, Carsten
Other Authors: Knauff, Markus, Vosgerau, Gottfried
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam Elsevier 2006, 2006
Edition:1st ed
Series:Advances in psychology
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Collection: Elsevier ScienceDirect eBooks - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Includes bibliographical references and index
  • construction of mental models or more? / B. Hemforth & L. Konieczny
  • Visual imagery, mental models, and reasoning / V. Gottschling
  • Mental models as objectual representations / C. Held
  • The perceptual nature of mental models / G. Vosgerau