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Sometimes humans do not always weigh the actual probabilities of different actions (e. g. an estimated 350. Americans died during the 3 months following 9/11 because they avoided flying) y we can be influenced by numerous factors that might not be considered rational (the prominence of events of images in our minds) Knowing something was not right (because of the intuition) he decided to evacuate the building, after doing so, the floor collapsed where they were standing. Mental images are analogical representations: y several lines of evidence support the notion that representations take on picture-like qualities. y e. g. In a study, they made participants determine whether the letters were normally orientated or mirror imaged, while being rotated. They reached the conclusion that the more the image is rotated, the longer it would take for them to decide whether the image was normally orientated or mirror imaged.
