Glossary
Agency	the sense that “I am the one who is generating an experience represented on a cognitive map”. The agency process may insert different priors or beliefs one has with respect to the represented environment.
Cognitive map	a schematic-like mental representation of the relationships between entities in the world including places, events, people, or even concepts.
Mental model	a small-scale representation of the external world and the relationships between its various parts as well as the individual who represents them. A mental model enables an individual to use past experiences to predict future ones.
Ownership	the sense that “I am the one who is undergoing an experience, represented on a cognitive map”. This implies an “ownership-schemator” that processes newly acquired world- and self-related information in an individual manner.
Potential space	an intermediate area of experiencing that lies between imagination and reality. Specific forms of potential space include the play space, the area of the transitional object and phenomena, the analytic space, the area of cultural experience, and the area of creativity.
Psyche-soma	the unification of the body with an imaginative elaboration of somatic parts, feelings, and functions.