Mental models and the mind : current developments in cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and philosophy of mind / edited by Carsten Held, Markus Knauff, Gottfried Vosgerau.

Based on a workshop held in summer 2003 at the University of Freiburg.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Mental models, sentential reasoning, and illusory inferences / P.N. Johnson-Laird -- Interaction of knowledge and working memory in reasoning about relations / A. Vandierendonck, V. Dierckx & H. Van der Beken -- Mental models in learning situations / N.M. Seel -- Resolving valid multiple model inferences activates a left hemisphere network / R.L. Waechter & V. Goel -- A neuro-cognitive theory of relational reasoning with mental models and visual images / M. Knauff -- Pictures, perception, and mental models / K. Rehkämper -- Emotion, decision, and mehtal models / M. Pauen -- Language processing : construction of mental models or more? / B. Hemforth & L. Konieczny -- Visual imagery, mental models, and reasoning / V. Gottschling -- Mental models as objectual representations / C. Held -- The perceptual nature of mental models / G. Vosgerau.

Cognitive psychologists report their research on the representation and processing of mental models in human memory. Cognitive neuroscienctists demonstrate how visual and spatial mental models are processed in the brain. Philosophers discuss the role of mental models in relation to perception, emotion and intentionality.

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