Boundary extension as mental imagery
Bence Nánay
Abstract
Abstract When we remember a scene, the scene’s boundaries are wider than the boundaries of the scene we saw. This phenomenon is called boundary extension. The most important philosophical question about boundary extension is whether it is a form of perceptual adjustment or adjustment during memory encoding. The aim of this paper is to propose a third explanatory scheme, according to which the extended boundary of the original scene is represented by means of mental imagery. And given the similarities between perception and mental imagery, the memory system encodes both the part of the scene that is represented perceptually and the part of the scene that is represented by means of mental imagery.
Topics & Concepts
Extension (predicate logic)Boundary (topology)Mental imagePerceptionPhenomenonEncoding (memory)Cognitive psychologyComputer sciencePsychologyArtificial intelligenceCognitive scienceComputer visionCognitionMathematicsEpistemologyPhilosophyMathematical analysisProgramming languageNeuroscienceCognitive Science and Education ResearchAesthetic Perception and AnalysisVisual perception and processing mechanisms