The next Cognitive Lunch will be held Wednesday, September 16
12:10-1:10 p.m.
Psychology Conference Room (room 128)
"Geometric Figures in the Human Imagination" will be presented by Francisco Lara-Dammer, Center for Research on Concepts and Cognition (CRCC), Indiana University.
Abstract:
This talk proposes a plausible mental representation of simple geometric shapes such as points, lines, and circles when they are imagined by people (as opposed to being drawn on an external medium such as paper). The representation is simulated with a computer program whose purpose is to model geometric discovery. A consequence of the construction of mental figures is that it facilitates some tasks (like analogy making and remembering) but can make other tasks difficult (it makes humans susceptible to illusions and errors). The mental plane, as I call the place in the brain where this imagery occurs, has some similarities to other systems of the brain such as the auditory system. I will give some examples illustrating their similarities.
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