Representations are stored in which part of cognition?

• A. Memory
• B. Brain
• C. Environment
• D. Muscle

Answer: (A)

Representations are mental stand-ins for objects, events, and ideas, and the place they are kept within cognition is memory. Memory is the system that encodes, stores, and retrieves these representations so you can think about them later, recognize them, or apply rules. The brain provides the physical substrate for memory, but the cognitive process of storing and using representations resides in memory rather than in environment or muscles. For example, the image of a familiar friend is a representation stored in memory you can recall when you see them. So memory is the cognitive store for representations.