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Dispelling the magic: Towards memory without capacity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2001

Niels A. Taatgen
Niels A. Taatgen
Affiliation:
Department of Artificial Intelligence, University of Groningen, 9712 TS Groningen, Netherlandsniels@tcw2.ppsw.rug.nl www.tcw2.ppsw.rug.nl/~niels
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Abstract

The limited capacity for unrelated things is a fact that needs to be explained by a general theory of memory, rather than being itself used as a means of explaining data. A pure storage capacity is therefore not the right assumption for memory research. Instead an explanation is needed of how capacity limitations arise from the interaction between the environment and the cognitive system. The ACT-R architecture, a theory without working memory but a long-term memory based on activation, may provide such an explanation.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 24 , Issue 1 , February 2001 , pp. 147 - 148
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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