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Vol. 53. Issue 3.
Pages 219-228 (July - September 2024)
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Vol. 53. Issue 3.
Pages 219-228 (July - September 2024)
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Mental Imagery: Investigating the Limits of Mental Partitioning
Imágenes mentales: investigando los límites de la partición mental
Antonios Theofilidisa,
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, Maria-Valeria Karakasib, Filippos Kargopoulosa
a Aristotle University of Thessaloniki School of Psychology, S. Kyriakidi 1, Thessaloniki GR 54636, Greece
b 3rd Psychiatry Department, AHEPA University Hospital of Thessaloniki, S. Kyriakidi 1, Thessaloniki GR 54636, Greece
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Table 1. (a) Frequency of answers in the tasks of the 1st study; (b) Frequency of correct answers in Moebius’ strip partitioning (age*, gender*, experimental condition*, Moebius’ strip mental partitioning*).
Table 2. (a) Frequency of correct answers (Hinton 1*, Hinton 2*); (b) Frequency of correct answers (Hinton 1*, Moebius’ strip mental partitioning*); (c) Frequency of correct answers (Hinton 2*, Moebius’ strip mental partitioning*).
Table 3. Frequency of correct answers in mental partitioning (real Moebius’ strip*, mental representation of Moebius’ strip).
Table 4. Frequency of answers in alternative answers task.
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Abstract
Introduction

Do we form mental models which bear an analogical relation to the real world like those of a photograph? Has the language of thought an analogue nature (it makes use of mental imagery) or whether it is exclusively of digital nature like language?

Objectives

The basic aim of the present study is to contribute to the ongoing work on mental imagery by extending the research to an unexplored area that of mental partitioning.

Methods

The present research sample consisted of 498 participants (234 males and 264 females). We used the SPSS software package in order to analyze our data.

Results

According to our results, we detected significant peculiarities in the cognitive performance of the participants in the tasks of mental partitioning of the Moebius strip, indicating certain limitations inherent in human thinking.

Conclusions

The position we are led to adopt is closer to that of Pylyshyn (2003), who maintained that visual mental imagery depends on abstract form of thought and on previous knowledge. Specifically, it rests on previous abstract propositional thought and knowledge rather than on concrete perceptual processes like the ones proposed by Kosslyn and Sheppard. The present work investigates a potentially valuable theoretical basis in imagery research for understanding maladaptive imagery across various related clinical disorders, while encouraging multidisciplinary approaches among cognitive psychological/neuroscientific and clinical domains.

Keywords:
Mental imagery
Mental partitioning
Memory
Cognition
Neuroscience
Resumen
Introducción

¿Formamos modelos mentales que guardan una relación analógica con el mundo real como los de una fotografía? ¿Tiene el lenguaje del pensamiento una naturaleza analógica (hace uso de imágenes mentales) o es exclusivamente de naturaleza digital como el lenguaje?

Objetivos

El objetivo básico del presente estudio es contribuir al trabajo en curso sobre la imaginería mental extendiendo la investigación a un área inexplorada que es la partición mental.

Métodos

La muestra de la presente investigación estuvo compuesta por 498 participantes (234 varones y 264 mujeres). Usamos el paquete de software SPSS® para analizar nuestros datos.

Resultados

De acuerdo con nuestros resultados, detectamos peculiaridades significativas en el desempeño cognitivo de los participantes en las tareas de partición mental de la tira de Moebius, indicando ciertas limitaciones inherentes al pensamiento humano.

Conclusiones

La posición a la que nos vemos llevados a adoptar se acerca más a la de Pylyshyn (2003), quien sostenía que la imaginería mental visual depende de formas abstractas de pensamiento y de conocimientos previos. Específicamente, se basa en el pensamiento y el conocimiento proposicionales abstractos previos más que en procesos de percepción concretos como los propuestos por Kosslyn y Sheppard. El presente trabajo investiga una base teórica potencialmente valiosa en la investigación de imágenes para comprender las imágenes desadaptativas en varios trastornos clínicos relacionados, al tiempo que fomenta enfoques multidisciplinarios entre los dominios cognitivos psicológicos/neurocientíficos y clínicos.

Palabras clave:
Imaginería mental
Partición mental
Memoria
Cognición
Neurociencia

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