mental representation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmentalandrepresentation
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mental
adjective
uk/ˈmen.təl/us/-t̬əl/
relating to the mind, or involving the process ...
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representation
noun
uk/ˌrep.rɪ.zenˈteɪ.ʃən/us/ˌrep.rɪ.zenˈteɪ.ʃən/
a person or organization that speaks, acts, or is present officially for ...
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(Definition ofmentalandrepresentationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Hence, it is unlikely that any primitivementalrepresentationcontained any equivalent of a proper name, that is, an individual constant.
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A concept is an idealized abstraction referring to thementalrepresentationthat can be activated at various times.
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Both of these bodily frames of experience are concrete boundaries ofmentalrepresentation.
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The task schemas appear to be the equivalent of an understanding of the task instructions in the subjects, of theirmentalrepresentationof these instructions.
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Turning to the developing mental lexicon, computational studies suggest that thementalrepresentation of words may not parallel that of the fully developed lexicon.
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Their rationale is that, in neglect, thementalrepresentationof space is impaired.
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Thus, there is no space, so to speak, in theirmentalrepresentationor lexicon for storing grammatical number.
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In what form do these tags exist in thementalrepresentation?
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As argued earlier, not having a clearmentalrepresentationof the music being played often leads to severe muscular problems.
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Direct metacognition may require an explicitmentalrepresentationas its object and can only be demonstrated under specific experimental circumstances.
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In the target article, we expressed some skepticism about current attempts to reducementalrepresentationin physical or functional terms.
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The representation-based account suggests that language interaction is a product of permanent change to thementalrepresentation.
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These points of divergence appear to be associated with differences in the security of children'smentalrepresentation.
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This is the problem of providing a naturalistically acceptable account ofmentalrepresentation.
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Within the cognitive sciences, the term rule learning is used to refer to at least two different kinds ofmentalrepresentationformation.
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In fact, the authors' proposed explanation of the error entails a central role formentalrepresentation.
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That may imply an "internalmentalrepresentation" of the first figure.
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Thus, as far as human evolution is concerned, this form ofmentalrepresentationis quite "primitive," an early development not unique to our species.
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