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    Challenges→The psyche's apparent property of being able to activate only a very small number of representations simultaneously is not an intrinsic property of the psyche.

    If the limit were purely a function of inter-representational opposition, manipulating content similarity should eliminate the ceiling effect, but psychological evidence shows the ceiling persists across maximally dissimilar representations.

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    ceiling effect(as used in psychology and research methodology)
    A situation where a measurement or performance hits a maximum level that doesn't change even when you change the conditions—like a test where everyone gets 100%, so you can't tell who actually learned more.
    content similarity(as used in cognitive psychology)
    How much alike two ideas, images, or descriptions are in terms of their actual meaning or subject matter.
    inter-representational opposition(as used in cognitive science and philosophy of mind)
    The idea that two different ways of thinking about or describing something are in conflict or contradiction with each other.
    maximally dissimilar(as used in comparative analysis)
    As different as possible from each other; having almost nothing in common.
    psychological evidence

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    representation(Schopenhauer's Kantian framework; the empirical/phenomenal side of reality)
    The world as it appears to a knowing subject; objects as they are given through the subject's cognitive forms

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