Mental Imagery Flashcards
Allocentric representation
A representation of the environment according to a fixed coordinate system, as on a map.
Cognitive maps
Mental representations of the locations of objects and places in the environment.
Egocentric representation
A representation of the environment as it appears to the perception of an observer.
Epiphenomenon
A mental experience that has no functional role in information processing.
Fusiform face area (FFA)
A part of the temporal cortex that is especially involved in fine discriminations, particularly of faces.
Mental imagery
The processing of perceptual-like information on the absence of an external source for the perceptual information.
Mental rotation
The process of continuously transforming the orientation of a mental image.
Parahippocampal place area (PPA)
A region adjacent to the hippocampus that is active when people are perceiving locations (i.e. indoor or outdoor scenes).
Route Maps
A representation of the environment consisting of the paths between locations but without spatial information.
Survey maps
A representation of the environment consisting of the position of locations in space.
