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  2. Visual thinking - Wikipedia

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    On the other hand, visual images, paintings in particular, caused the reliances on "illusionary images" [26] However, in the Western world, children begin primary school with abstract thought and shapes, but as we grow older, according to Rudolf Arnheim, "arts are reduced to a desirable supplement" [26] The general world trend in the late ...

  3. Visual memory - Wikipedia

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    The posterior parietal cortex is a portion of the parietal lobe, which manipulates mental images, and integrates sensory and motor portions of the brain. A majority of experiments highlights a role of human posterior parietal cortex in visual working memory and attention. We therefore have to establish a clear separation of visual memory and ...

  4. Mental representation - Wikipedia

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    The brain activity is tied to one thing, like a specific object or task. The goal is to figure out how the brain represents specific things (like seeing a face or recognizing a word) when you're actively engaging with something. For example, with fMRI scans, researchers can track brain activity while people look at different objects or images.

  5. Mind map - Wikipedia

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    A mind map is a diagram used to visually organize information into a hierarchy, showing relationships among pieces of the whole. [1] It is often based on a single concept, drawn as an image in the center of a blank page, to which associated representations of ideas such as images, words and parts of words are added.

  6. Outline of thought - Wikipedia

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    Thought (or thinking) can be described as all of the following: An activity taking place in a: brain – organ that serves as the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate and most invertebrate animals (only a few invertebrates such as sponges, jellyfish, adult sea squirts and starfish do not have a brain). It is the physical structure ...

  7. Pattern recognition (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    In psychology and cognitive neuroscience, pattern recognition is a cognitive process that matches information from a stimulus with information retrieved from memory. [1]Pattern recognition occurs when information from the environment is received and entered into short-term memory, causing automatic activation of a specific content of long-term memory.

  8. Cognitive map - Wikipedia

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    Cognitive maps are a function of the working brain that humans and animals use for movement in a new environment. They help us in recognizing places, computing directions and distances, and in critical-thinking on shortcuts. They support us in wayfinding in an environment, and act as blueprints for new technology.

  9. File:NIA human brain drawing.jpg - Wikipedia

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