Imagery and Cognitive Mapping

Abstract

In this paper has focused on the imagery and cognitive mapping. Moreover, the application of the imagery and the cognitive mapping is highlighted in this paper that how an individual can transfer information from short term memory to the long term memory. Another thing that is highlighted in this paper is that how an individual can enhance or improve his or her memory by using the imagery.

Key Words: Imagery and Cognitive mapping, short term memory, long term memory and enhance memory.

Imagery and Cognitive Mapping

Introduction

This paper discusses the imagery and cognitive mapping which is focus on the spatial and visual relations. In this paper the applications of the imagery and the cognitive mapping has been discussed. Moreover, another fact is highlighted in this paper that is how the imagery and the cognitive mapping works as a tool of information from short term memory to the long term memory. It is also highlighted that the how an individual can enhance its memory through the imagery. An in depth discussion is conducted in this paper.

Discussion

The theory of cognitive map focuses on the spatial aspects of the environment and takes them as critical attributes of memory. The theory holds that animals can learn about spatial relationships of objects and events relating to the spatial context of its occurrence in your Central Nervous System (CNS). This system encodes the environment in cognitive maps and, according to the authors' proposal(Read , 2006). The hippocampal formation is the neural substrate for learning and storage of such processes. According to this theory, information is processed in two different systems: System taxon and mapping system.

Taxon system

Strategies based on this system were called by the author's strategies routes. These tactics or hypotheses may be subdivided into hypotheses and assumptions guiding orientation. Such strategies may depend on various brain structures. The hypotheses guiding identifying an object or a clue salient in the environment from which the organism must approach or depart.

The components of the motor is not precised in detail. In this case, the subjects did not need to establish spatial relationships between objects and events; they are geared toward a specific track. The chances of orientation (direction or strategy corporeal body egocentric) specify motor behavior in detail. They involve bodily egocentric rotations in response to a track or information. The animals orient themselves from information egocentric and learn a sequence of movements of the body.

Hippocampal

Mapping System is the system which give the the chances of place (or local) whose properties are quite different from taxon hypotheses.

The map of an surroundings consists of a different representation of places associated to each other according to the rules that represent the directions and distances between sites. The maps can be used by animals to situate themselves in the environment, locating items (or events) in this environment, including rewards and punishments (e.g.: A = Local food, Local B = shock), or for locomotion is a location to another by any available ...