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How important are mental representations in cognitive theories?
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How important are mental representations in cognitive theories? Mental representations are the fundamental component of cognitive processes as it is believed that much of cognitive processing can only take place with the aid of metal representations. Consequently this area of study is extremely important to psychologists and many cognitive theories have been modelled around the assumption that mental representations form the basis of cognitive processing. It has been identified through various forms of study, that incoming information which is received by the cognitive system must be represented in the form of a symbol or copy which signifies the real thing. An object can often be represented in the form of pictures or by a verbal label, whilst spatial location can be represented by a map or by the numerics denoting a date or time. Mental representations can also be viewed from a number of perspectives and a broad division is often...
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