"Working Memory"

Aladin Akyurek akyurek at bart.nl
Thu Nov 21 08:22:51 EST 1996


>ACT-R has occasionally made a somewhat casual use of terminology, and
>one of the most commonly mentioned sticking points is the (ab)use of the
>term "working memory".  In ACT-R, it is used as a synonym for
>declarative memory, i.e. the entire set of chunks encoding declarative
>knowledge, which is at odds with its use in much of the literature and
>some other production systems.
>

That's right. Suggested change appears appropriate.


Aladin





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