Mental representation
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A mental representation (or cognitive representation), in philosophy of mind, cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and cognitive science, is a hypothetical internal cognitive symbol that represents external reality, or else a mental process that makes use of such a symbol.
See also
- Representation in dynamical systems models of cognition
- Object of the mind
- Knowledge representation
- Perception
- Representative realism
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