心しん的てき表ひょう示じ

noun

mental representation

Technical term in cognitive science and philosophy of mind, referring to internal mental content that stands for objects, properties, or states of affairs.

• 認にん知ち科か学がくでは、心しん的てき表ひょう示じが思し考こうの基き本ほん的てきな単たん位いと考かんがえられている。

  In cognitive science, mental representations are considered the basic units of thought.