Mental Representations: A Dual Coding Approach

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Oxford University Press, 1990 M09 13 - 322 pages
In this volume Professor Paivio updates his influential theory of cognition and provides a systematic treatise on the structure of cognitive representations and their dynamic functions in thought and behavior.
 

Contents

Metatheoretical Issues and Perspectives
3
The Concept of Representation
16
Attitudes and Approaches to Representation
33
Dual Coding Theory
53
Development of Representational Systems
84
Individual Differences
96
Meaning and Semantic Memory
120
Episodic Memory
140
Manipulation and Use of Representational Information
177
Language Comprehension and Production
213
Bilingual Cognitive Representation
239
Neuropsychological Evidence
258
References
277
Author Index
307
Subject Index
315
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