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Stretching the Imagination

Representation and Transformation in Mental Imagery

By: Cesare Cornoldi,Robert H. Logie,Maria A. Brandimonte,Geir Kaufmann,Daniel Reisberg

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Stretching the Imagination

Representation and Transformation in Mental Imagery

By: Cesare Cornoldi,Robert H. Logie,Maria A. Brandimonte,Geir Kaufmann,Daniel Reisberg

This is the first volume in the Counterpoints Series, which explores the issues being debated in psychology, child development, linguistics, and neuroscience. Each volume consists of the presentation of three or four extensive chapters by researchers representing key points of view on the issue. This text examines one of the liveliest areas of debate in psychology today, the relationship between perception and mental imagery. A variety of recent studies have pointed to the existence of a strong relationship between memory and mental representation, while others have shown that images are open to reinterpretation and manipulation, and are therefore not merely static impressions or mental representations of memories. Three core chapters by researchers in the midst of this debate--Maria Brandimonte, Geir Kaufmann, and Dan Reisberg--make up the central portion of this text. The first chapter is a historical overview of the problem as well as a review of the research in psychology and the argument as it has developed in related fields, such as philosophy and artificial intelligence. The last chapter pulls together all of the positions and points to new areas of research which may help uncover an explanation for the apparent contradictions in the research. Students and researchers in psychology and cognitive psychology will benefit from this comprehensive look at this heated debate.

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Oxford University Press

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0198026005

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Working Memory and Human Cognition

By: John T. E. Richardson,Randall W. Engle,Lynn Hasher,Robert H. Logie,Ellen R. Stoltzfus,Rose T. Zacks

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Working Memory and Human Cognition

By: John T. E. Richardson,Randall W. Engle,Lynn Hasher,Robert H. Logie,Ellen R. Stoltzfus,Rose T. Zacks

This new volume in the Counterpoints series compares and contrasts different conceptions of working memory, generally recognized as the human cognitive system responsible for temporary storage of information. The book includes proponents of several different views. Robert Logie discusses the theoretical and empirical utility of separating working memory into an articulatory loop, a phonological store, and a visuo-spatial sketchpad into visual and spatial subsystems. Patricia Carpenter provides evidence for a process view of working memory, arguing that both task-specific processing and general processing capabilities can account for the full range of working memory phenomena. She focuses on findings from reading comprehension and memory tasks suggesting that working memory is used to represent the set of skills and strategies necessary for complex tasks, while retaining residual capacity for use as a storage buffer. Lynn Hasher argues in favor of the new inhibitory model, with evidence drawn from the literature on aging and pathology that demonstrates parallels between memory disorders and normal memory functioning. Randall Engle addresses the issue of whether working memory resources are required for retrieval of information or whether that task is relatively automatic. Engle's empirical studies, in turn, bear directly on the positions of Carpenter, Hasher, and Logie. As interest in working memory is increasing at a rapid pace, an open discussion of the central issues involved is both useful and timely. This work serves this purpose for a wide audience of cognitive psychologists and their students.

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Oxford University Press

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0190282800

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9780190282806

Working Memory and Thinking

Current Issues In Thinking And Reasoning

By: Kenneth Gilhooly,Robert H. Logie

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Working Memory and Thinking

Current Issues In Thinking And Reasoning

By: Kenneth Gilhooly,Robert H. Logie

Thinking and memory are inextricably linked. However, a "divide and rule" approach has led cognitive psychologists to study these two areas in relative isolation. With contributions from some of the leading international researchers on working memory and thinking, the present volume aims to break down the scientific divisions and foster scientific integration in the connections between these two core functions of cognition. Broadly defined, thinking comprises mentally driven change in current representations. The processes involved in such change include application of logical rules, heuristics, problem solving strategies, decision making, planning and comprehension of complex material. Memory involves the encoding, retention and retrieval of information, and the retention may be temporary or in a long-term knowledge base.; Thinking cannot occur in a vacuum; it relies on the long-term memory base and a temporary mental workspace. Despite the apparent limitations on mental workspace, humans can drive a car and hold a conversation, or store partial solutions while tackling other aspects of a problem. So too, some aspects of thinking are relatively resilient in the face of quite extensive brain damage, yet other aspects are remarkably vulnerable to neuroanatomical insults. Humans can solve complex problems with many alternative choice points and yet seem to be able to consider only a few hypotheses at any one time. These apparent paradoxes present significant scientific challenges as to how humans can be such successful thinkers despite their very limited working memory. The chapters herein represent a diversity of views as regards the nature or working memory and forms of human thinking. The links between working memory and thinking are directly addressed and made explicit, and in so doing this volume offers an increasingly integrated understanding of human thinking and memory.

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287

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Psychology Press

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1135471886

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9781135471880

Visuo-spatial Working Memory

By: Robert H. Logie

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Visuo-spatial Working Memory

By: Robert H. Logie

Representation of the visual and spatial properties of our environment is a pivotal requirement of everyday cognition. We can mentally represent the visual form of objects. We can extract information from several of the senses as to the location of objects in relation to ourselves and to other objects nearby. For some of those objects we can reach out and manipulate them. We can also imagine ourselves manipulating objects in advance of doing so, or even when it would be impossible to do so physically. The problem posed to science is how these cognitive operations are accomplished, and proffered accounts lie in two essentially parallel research endeavours, working memory and imagery. Working memory is thought to pervade everyday cognition, to provide on-line processing and temporary storage, and to update, moment to moment, our representation of the current state of our environment and our interactions with that environment. There is now a strong case for the claims of working memory in the area of phonological and articulatory functions, all of which appear to contribute to everyday activities such as counting, arithmetic, vocabulary acquisition, and some aspects of reading and language comprehension. The claims for visual and spatial working memory functions are less convincing. Most notable has been the assumption that visual and spatial working memory are intimately involved in the generation, retention and manipulations of visual images. There has until recently been little hard evidence to justify that assumption, and the research on visual and spatial working memory has focused on a relatively restricted range of imagery tasks and phenomena. In a more or less independent development, the literature on visual imagery has now amassed a voluminous corpus of data and theory about a wide range of imagery phenomena. Despite this, few books on imagery refer to the concept of working memory in any detail, or specify the nature of the working memory system that might be involved in mental imagery. This essay follows a line of reconciliation and positive critiquing in exploring the possible overlap between mental imagery and working memory. Theoretical development in the book draws on data from both cognitive psychology and cognitive neuropsychology. The aim is to stimulate debate, to address directly a number of assumptions that hitherto have been implicit, and to assess the contribution of the concept of working memory to our understanding of these intriguing core aspects of human cognition.

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180

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Psychology Press

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1317775457

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The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 1999

By: Robert Famighetti

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The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 1999

By: Robert Famighetti

Features information on nations, states, and cities, celebrities, sports, consumerism, the arts, health and nutrition, United States and world history, and numerous other subjects

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Griffin

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0886878322

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9780886878320

Working Memory and Human Cognition

By: John T. E. Richardson,Randall W. Engle,Lynn Hasher,Robert H. Logie,Ellen R. Stoltzfus,Rose T. Zacks

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Working Memory and Human Cognition

By: John T. E. Richardson,Randall W. Engle,Lynn Hasher,Robert H. Logie,Ellen R. Stoltzfus,Rose T. Zacks

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Oxford University Press

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Book's by Robert H. Logie

Stretching the Imagination

Stretching the Imagination

Working Memory and Human Cognition

Working Memory and Human Cognition

Working Memory and Thinking

Working Memory and Thinking

Visuo-spatial Working Memory

Visuo-spatial Working Memory

The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 1999

The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 1999

Working Memory and Human Cognition

Working Memory and Human Cognition

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