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iconic representation

1. the mental representation of visual stimuli in raw, unprocessed form.

2. in Jerome Seymour Bruner’s theory of cognitive development, the representation of objects and experiences as images based on sensory impressions. The process underlying this form of knowledge acquisition, which begins to develop in early infancy and is dominant in the preschool years, is called the iconic mode (or iconic stage). Compare enactive representation; symbolic representation.

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myoclonic seizure

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