{"type":"ScholarlyArticle","title":"The Symbolic Nature of Visual Imagery","authors":[{"name":"Thomas P. Moran","slug":"thomas-p-moran","given":"Thomas P.","family":"Moran","affiliation":""}],"abstract":"he issue is whether human visual imagery can be represented by symbolic structures and processes. Protocols of the task of imagining a path in space were anal yzed using a production system interpreter. A detailed simulation of the subject's behavior within the confines of a symbolic short-term memory (STM) demonstrates that symbol structures are sufficient to explain imaging behavior. The experience of programming with productions and a homogeneous STM has brought out the importance of a control lan guage when using an unstructured rule system. Descriptors : cognitive psychology, cognitive representation, v isual imagery, visual encoding, protocol analysis, simulation, production systems.","doi":null,"url":"https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1973/60","pdf":"https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1973/0060.pdf","markdown":"https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1973/60.md","bibtex":"https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1973/bibtex/60","volume":{"slug":"1973","title":"Proceedings of the Third International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence","short_title":"IJCAI 1973","url":"https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1973/","year":1973,"location":"Stanford, California, USA","dates":"20-23 August 1973","editors":"Nils J. Nilsson","isbn":"","publisher":"International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence","doi_prefix":""},"section":"Psychology and A.I","track":"Psychology and A.I","number":60,"pages":{"first":472,"last":477},"keywords":[],"videos":[],"references":[],"license_note":"Copyright International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence."}