Mental Imagery - Human Cognitive Processes - Lecture Slides, Slides of Brain and Cognitive Science

Download Mental Imagery - Human Cognitive Processes - Lecture Slides and more Slides Brain and Cognitive Science in PDF only on Docsity! Uses of Mental Imagery • Method of loci • Interacting images (Bower) • Pegword method Docsity.com Dual-Coding Hypothesis • Two distinct coding systems in LTM – Verbal – Visual • Better recall for items coded in more than one way – Picture advantage: pictures are automatically labeled as well as encoded visually – Concrete words recalled better than abstract words Docsity.com But what ARE mental images? • Evidence for analog code viewpoint: – Mental rotation Docsity.com Mental rotation abilities Docsity.com What ARE mental images? • Evidence for analog code viewpoint: – Mental rotation – Spatial relationships in images Docsity.com Example propositions • Is-a (p1, plate) • Is-a (c1, cake) • On (c1, p1) • Is-a (c2, candle) • On (c2, c1) • Flavor (c1, chocolate) • Burning (c2) Docsity.com Neuropsychological data • Creation of visual images involves areas of brain involved in visual processing (often in occipital lobe) • Auditory imagery (imagining hearing a song) produces activity in the auditory cortex Docsity.com