"Working Memory"

[Wayne Gray]

Christian and folks,

The need for a change from WME to something else is VERY much needed.
However, let us not make Soar's mistake of using the word "chunks." Chunks
has an informal but long-standing meaning in the psychological literature.
Why not coin our own term, one that does not carry the surplus meaning of
"chunks" or "wme."

I propose calling these things exactly what they are:

>>declarative memory elements<<<

AKA DMEs, pronounced, "DiMES"

The advantages are:

(1) This is exactly what they are in act-r theory
(2) No surplus meaning, no confusion with other uses of "chunks" or "WMEs"
(3) A pronouncable acroynm.
(4) Easy change from "wm" and "wme" to "dm" and "dme."

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The idea of going from wmfocus to goalfocus and changing other references
to the goal stack seems like a good one to me.

Cheers,

Wayne

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Wayne D. Gray
Human Factors & Applied Cognitive Program
George Mason University
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Fairfax, VA  22030
Phone: +1 (703) 993-1357
http://web.gmu.edu/departments/psychology/Wgray.html

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