THE STRUCTURE OF LONG-TERM MEMORY by Wolfgang Klimesch ( 9780805813548 )

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THE STRUCTURE OF LONG-TERM MEMORY
A CONNECTIVITY MODEL OF SEMANTIC PROCESSING

By:

Wolfgang Klimesch

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0805813543

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TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC

Pub. date:

1 March, 1994

Pages:

248

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The connectivity model predicts that the speed of processing information increases as the amount and complexity of integrated knowledge increases. In this volume, this prediction is examined by analyzing the results of different experiments.

Synopsis:

How is information stored and retrieved from long-term memory? It is argued that any systematic attempt to answer this question should be based on a particular set of specific representational assumptions that have led to the development of a new memory theory -- the connectivity model. One of the crucial predictions of this model is that, in sharp contrast to traditional theories, the speed of processing information increases as the amount and complexity of integrated knowledge increases. In this volume, the predictions of the model are examined by analyzing the results of a variety of different experiments and by studying the outcome of the simulation program CONN1, which illustrates the representation of complex semantic structures. In the final chapter, the representational assumptions of the connectivity model are evaluated on the basis of neuroanatomical and physiological evidence -- suggesting that neuroscience provides valuable knowledge which should guide the development of memory theories.

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Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc

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