[ACT-R-users] reading for the New Year

[Erik M. Altmann]

At 2:47 PM -0500 1/4/10, Richard L. Lewis wrote:
>Berman, M. G., Jonides, J., and Lewis, R. L. (2009). In search of 
>decay in verbal short-term memory. Journal of Experimental 
>Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition, 35(2):317-333.  [We tried 
>very hard to find solid evidence for decay, and barely succeeded. 
> We also tried very hard to use the data to falsify ACT-R's decay 
>assumption, and failed. Short term decay seems to skate on thin ice, 
>but it refuses to go down...] 
> <http://www-personal.umich.edu/~rickl/pubs/berman-jonides-lewis-2009-jeplmc.pdf>DOWNLOAD 
>PDF


I'll say.

Altmann, E. M. (2009). Evidence for temporal decay in short-term 
episodic memory. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 13, 279-279. (Letter.) 
https://www.msu.edu/~ema/decay-yes.pdf

Altmann, E. M. & Gray, W. D. (2008).  An integrated model of 
cognitive control in task switching. Psychological Review, 115, 
602-639.  https://www.msu.edu/~ema/cognitive-control-model.pdf

Erik.

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Erik M. Altmann
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Michigan State University
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