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process > cognitive process > memory process > mental simulation

Preferred term

mental simulation  

Definition(s)

  • According to the embodied cognition approach, as applied to memory, remembering consists of mentally simulating the past event. This simulation reactivates the same sensorimotor brain regions that were activated during event encoding.

Broader concept(s)

Synonym(s)

  • motor simulation
  • sensori-motor simulation

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Ianì, F. (2019). Embodied memories : Reviewing the role of the body in memory processes. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 26(6), 1747–1766. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-019-01674-x

    [Study type: literature review / Access: open]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-TJCGVV56-5

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