1. What is a mental image?
2. Which brain area is primarily responsible for forming and retrieving cognitive maps and spatial memories?
3. What is the primary function of propositional memory in cognitive processes?
Mental Image — definition?
A mental representation resembling perception.
Memory Map — role?
Represents spatial info for navigation.
Propositional Memory — mechanism?
Encodes info as symbolic statements.
Mental Image — definition?
A visual mental representation resembling the real object or scene.
Analog Code — what?
Mental images preserving perceptual qualities like shape and size.
Propositional Code — role?
A symbolic, language-like mental representation not perceptually similar.
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