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process > cognitive process > memory process > mental simulation

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mental simulation  

Definition

  • 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

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

    • Document 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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