Computational constraints in cognitive theories of forgetting
This article highlights some of the benefits of computational modeling for theorizing in cognition. We demonstrate how computational models have been used recently to argue that (1) forgetting in short-term memory is based on interference not decay, (2) forgetting in list-learning paradigms is more...
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| description | This article highlights some of the benefits of computational modeling for theorizing in cognition. We demonstrate how computational models have been used recently to argue that (1) forgetting in short-term memory is based on interference not decay, (2) forgetting in list-learning paradigms is more parsimoniously explained by a temporal distinctiveness account than by various forms of consolidation, and (3) intrusion asymmetries that appear when information is learned in different contexts can be explained by temporal context reinstatement rather than labilization and reconsolidation processes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-297b869c25d344dabc6980bea41fda512022-12-21T18:45:26ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782012-10-01310.3389/fpsyg.2012.0040024515Computational constraints in cognitive theories of forgettingUllrich eEcker0Stephan eLewandowsky1University of Western AustraliaUniversity of Western AustraliaThis article highlights some of the benefits of computational modeling for theorizing in cognition. We demonstrate how computational models have been used recently to argue that (1) forgetting in short-term memory is based on interference not decay, (2) forgetting in list-learning paradigms is more parsimoniously explained by a temporal distinctiveness account than by various forms of consolidation, and (3) intrusion asymmetries that appear when information is learned in different contexts can be explained by temporal context reinstatement rather than labilization and reconsolidation processes.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00400/fullcomputational modelinginterferenceconsolidationdecaySIMPLESOB |
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| title | Computational constraints in cognitive theories of forgetting |
| title_full | Computational constraints in cognitive theories of forgetting |
| title_fullStr | Computational constraints in cognitive theories of forgetting |
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| title_short | Computational constraints in cognitive theories of forgetting |
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| topic | computational modeling interference consolidation decay SIMPLE SOB |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00400/full |
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