Imagining predictions: mental imagery as mental emulation
Imagining predictions: mental imagery as mental emulation
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DOI：
10.1098/rstb.2008.0314
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发表时间：
2009-05-12
影响因子：
6.3
通讯作者：
Kosslyn, Stephen M.
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作者：
Moulton, Samuel T.;Kosslyn, Stephen M.
我们认为，心理意象的主要功能是让我们能够根据过去的经验生成具体的预测。所有图像都使我们能够通过明确且易于理解处于特定情况或执行特定操作的可能后果来回答“假设”问题。意象的另一个特点是它依赖于感知表征和感知大脑系统的激活。我们使用这种意象概念来论证所有意象都是模拟，更具体地说，它是一种特定类型的模拟，其中“运行”模拟的心理过程模拟了在模拟场景中实际运行的心理过程。这种类型的模拟（我们将其标记为仿真）比仅模仿模拟场景内容的其他类型的模拟具有优势。
We argue that the primary function of mental imagery is to allow us to generate specific predictions based upon past experience. All imagery allows us to answer 'what if ' questions by making explicit and accessible the likely consequences of being in a specific situation or performing a specific action. Imagery is also characterized by its reliance on perceptual representations and activation of perceptual brain systems. We use this conception of imagery to argue that all imagery is simulation more specifically, it is a specific type of simulation in which the mental processes that 'run' the simulation emulate those that would actually operate in the simulated scenario. This type of simulation, which we label emulation, has benefits over other types of simulations that merely mimic the content of the simulated scenario.