322pp. FINE/no jacket. Blue coloured cloth with silver lettering on face and spine. Printed in USA. Book #9 in Oxford Psychology Series. Obtained from library of the late Professor Nancy Waugh (nee Collier) formerly Fellow and Emeritus Fellow of Somerville College, Oxford and carrying her signature on ffep.

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Title: Mental Representations - a Dual Coding Approach
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford
Publication Date: 1986
Language: English
ISBN 10: 019503936X
ISBN 13: 9780195039368
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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How do we represent information mentally, and how do we use that information to interact with the world? The problem is old and persistent - and complex. The new discipline of cognitive science takes the problem of mental representations as its main domain. Controversy centres on a philosophical issue: empiricism versus rationalism. This book offers a clear analysis of the philosophical roots of this controversy, and a balanced assessment of the merits of different theoretical approaches to cognitive representation. After reviewing the prevailing attitudes among contemporary psychologists, the author provides a systematic account of his dual coding theory of mental representations, which proposes that non-verbal and linguistic phenomena are handled cognitively by two separate subsystems - the imagery and verbal systems. Developmental mechanisms of the dual coding system are discussed, as are individual differences. The system is then related to specific cognitive phenomena, including semantic memory, episodic memory, the manipulation and use of representative information, language comprehension and production, and bilingual cognitive representation

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"The chapters on episodic memory, bilingualism, and image manipulation give excellent accounts of experimental results....It is difficult not to concede the book's major point: The available data demand something better than common code theories have thus far been able to provide. With a deep empirical volley, Paivio's new book places the ball firmly in the other court."―Canadian Journal of Psychology

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