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- Nilsson, Lars-Göran, et al.
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A model of distributed storage
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Ingår i: Zeitschrift fur Psychologie mit Zeitschrift fur angewandte Psychologie. - 0044-3409 .- 1438-9789. ; 195:2, s. 141-162
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Discusses a recent development in psychological memory research, of which one of the end products is a model of distributed storage, as distinguished from the hitherto-prevailing concept of localized memory. The distributed storage model, based on matrix algebra, purports to account for perfect recall performance, the 2 basic prerequisites of which are that (1) codes formed during encoding should be unique and (2) they should be reconstructed at test. Four simulations were designed to test violations of these prerequisites. Decreasing recall performances were demonstrated in all cases. However, a considerable robustness of the proposed storage system for large matrices proves the viability of the underlying assumptions of the model under discussion.
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