Modelling mental imagery in the ACT-R cognitive architecture

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Abstract

I present a novel approach to modelling spatial mental imagery within the ACT-R cognitive architecture. The proposed method augments ACT-R’s representation of visual objects to enable the processing of spatial extent and incorporates a set of linear and affine transformation functions to allow the manipulation of internal spatial representations. The assumptions of the modified architecture are then tested by using it to develop models of two classic mental imagery phenomena: the mental scanning study of Kosslyn, Ball, and Reiser (1978) and mental rotation (Shepard & Metzler, 1971). Both models provide very close fits to human response time data.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication41st Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci 2019)
Subtitle of host publicationCreativity + Cognition + Computation
EditorsAshok Goel, Colleen Seifert, Christian Freksa
PublisherCognitive Science Society
Pages2550-2556
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)0991196775, 9780991196777
ISBN (Print)9781510891555
Publication statusPublished - 1 Oct 2019
Event41st Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society: Creativity + Cognition + Computation - Montreal, Canada
Duration: 24 Jul 201927 Jul 2019
Conference number: 41
https://cognitivesciencesociety.org/cogsci-2019/
https://cognitivesciencesociety.org/past-conferences/

Conference

Conference41st Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society
Abbreviated titleCOGSCI2019
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityMontreal
Period24/07/1927/07/19
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