心智表徵

係認知科學同神經科學等領域上常用嘅一個概念：喺呢啲領域嘅科學家普遍認為，人類心靈裏面有一啲心智表徵；每一個心智表徵代表咗個心靈處理緊嘅一份訊息，可以係代表個心靈對某啲事物或者邏輯關係嘅概念了解。

舉個例說明，一個人心裏面會對「一張凳」係乜嘢樣有個概念，呢個概念係對佢見過嘅凳嘅抽象化－噉講意思即係話，佢見過嘅凳查實張張都唔同樣，但呢啲唔同嘅凳會有某啲共通點，呢啲共通點會組成佢心目中象徵「凳」嘅心智表徵，令到佢曉分辨邊啲物件係凳邊啲唔係。

神經研究 

現時嘅學界認為，心靈會用數碼同模擬等嘅多種方式記住唔同嘅心智表徵，前者指一啲精確而且離散嘅數值，例如係記住一個日期噉，後者指一啲連續性嘅數值，例如係記住某件物件喺某一刻嘅光暗度噉。「心靈會用多種方式記住啲心智表徵」嘅諗法係雙重編碼理論嘅基礎。

認知科學
心靈哲學
雙重編碼理論
心靈模型
Phoneme

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