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Motion, space, and mental imagery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 March 2003

Romi Nijhawan
Affiliation:
School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, BN1 9QH, Englandromin@cogs.susx.ac.ukbeenak@cogs.susx.ac.uk http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/users/romin/index.html http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/users/beenak/index.html
Beena Khurana
Affiliation:
School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, BN1 9QH, Englandromin@cogs.susx.ac.ukbeenak@cogs.susx.ac.uk http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/users/romin/index.html http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/users/beenak/index.html

Abstract

In the imagery debate, a key question concerns the inherent spatial nature of mental images. What do we mean by spatial representation? We explore a new idea that suggests that motion is instrumental in the coding of visual space. How is the imagery debate informed by the representation of space being determined by visual motion?

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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