ntroduction to Cognitive science assignment 7 1.Are the Modal Model and the ACT-R model compatible? Why or why not? What is shared and unique between the two theories? I think the modal model and the ACT-R model can be easily compatible given some small adaptations and additional knowledge. Both of them basically use a similar structure of memory but the ACT-R model is more specific with how these structures interact with each other where as the modal model (developed a few years earlier) just outlines the basic framework of the memory structure. The most important unique aspect of the ACT-R model lies in the distinction between implicit and explicit memories or put in other words; there is no connection between the production and the declarative memory. 2. Describe the different perspectives that Kosslyn and Pylyshyn have about what is visual imagery. What, in your opinion, is the strongest argument for each side? Which position do you find more compelling? To describe Kosslyn´s perspective it seem appropriate to use the term pictorialist introduced by Ned Block (1981). This term defines one group of people that assumes that we humans create picture-like representations in our minds. On the other hand, although Pylyshyn did not …show more content…
Write a brief summary of the Lee et al. article. What were the main concepts? What evidence did they provide? How does this perspective fit with the models of memory from the chapter? Like the title of the article already reveals, one of the main concepts discussed in it is memory reconsolidation updating. Other important alternative concepts were things like state-depend inhibition of memory or unleashed extinction. Although a lot of studies have been conducted which are providing good evidence for memory reconsolidation updating, it is still difficult to get reliable results because the markers used to measure level of memory destabilisation and degree to which the memory is altered/updated are simply not sufficient enough
Imagery can be defined as the use of words to create a vivid mental
The story “The White Heron,” Sarah Jewett narrates the story by using third person. I believe in this Sarah uses imagery when she described what Sylvie saw and heard in the forest. For example,
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“Imagery means to use figurative language to represent objects, actions, and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses.” “Imagery is associated with mental pictures. However… imagery, to be realistic, turns out to be more complex than just a picture.”
The next section will introduce VMI with a definition and a brief history, however, because it is not the main focus of the essay it will be kept very concise. A detailed review of the debate of visual mental imagery over the centuries can be found by Kosslyn, Thompson and Ganis (2006), Phylyshyn (2002) also gathers a plethora of theories in mental imagery.
Imagery: (Kirszner, & Mandell, 2012 p. 207) is a word or phrases the author uses to represent a person, objects, actions, feelings, and ideas descriptively by appealing to the senses.
Researchers mention that there are two forms of long term memory, which are declarative (explicit) and
There are many forms of imagery in the world today. They usually take on two main forms,
The second visual concept that will aid in the explanation of my visual analysis is the concept of realism and perception. “Art and images are in one view, a practice dedicated to the visual and material reproduction of things and events in the world. In this view, we might say that there are things in the world and then there are their representation”. (p.143). It is
After a new memory is learnt, it enters the process of encoding during which the memory is labile and capable of disruption until it becomes stabilised over a period of time (Nader & Einarsson, 2010; Nader et al, 2000). This process is called consolidation and originally consisted of the theory that once stabilised in the brain, it remains fixed (Suzuki et al, 2004). This theory has been rebutted by the acceptance of reconsolidation, a theory that imposes the ideology that when memories are retrieved, through similar experiences (Lee, 2009), they become labile until,
The human brain learns and forgets information through neuroplasticity in the hippocampus and other parts of the brain due to different stimuli acting upon those parts. Neuroplasticity takes place in various levels known as the cellular, population, network and behavioral levels (Bartsch and Wulff 2015). Neuroplasticity is defined as the brain’s ability to rearrange its structure or its function due to stimulation from external or internal sources (Bartsch and Wulff 2015). Neuroplasticity can be beneficial, or
Central idea: Memory is a process of the brain which is prone to certain failures, although specific steps can be taken to guard against these failures.
After forty years of using the classic Kirkpatrick Model, several authors have suggested that adaptations should be made to the
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Imagery is a tactics to create an image by the usage of language. Imagery, “is an author's use of vivid and descriptive language to add depth to his or her work. It appeals to human senses to deepen the reader's understanding of the work. Powerful forms of imagery engage all of the senses and use metaphors to express ideas and concepts” (Wikipedia). Thus in more exact detailing we can say that it is an author’s use of descriptive language which creates a mental image in reader’s brain. Thus an image travels from one brain to another through language. C. D. Lewis has defined an image as “…a picture made out of words…imagery is at the core of the poem and that a poem may itself be an image composed of a multiplicity of images” (qtd. in Ravichandaran