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It tries at the same time to juxtapose theoretical and experimental perspectives in order to display some of the major lines of tension in the field divided into 5 parts it covers theoretical perspectives experimental studies in processing neuropsychological studies in processing studies in development followed by commentary on some . Perspectives on mental representation experimental and theoretical studies of cognitive processes and capacities psychology library editions perception 20 view larger image by jacques mehler edward c t walker and merrill garrett. The notion of a mental representation is arguably in the first instance a theoretical construct of cognitive science as such it is a basic concept of the computational theory of mind according to which cognitive states and processes are constituted by the occurrence transformation and storage in the mind brain of information bearing structures representations of one kind or . 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 a formal system for making explicit certain entities or types of information together with a specification of how the . The american psychological association defines cognitive psychology as the study of higher mental processes such as attention language use memory perception problem solving and thinking1 much of the work derived from cognitive psychology has been integrated into various other modern disciplines of psychological study including social