Forgetting curves: Implications for connectionist models

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 95-152

  Sikström, Sverker ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Connectionist models; Forgetting curves; Massed and spaced repetitions; Power law

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY;

HUMANS; LEARNING; MEMORY; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER);

EID: 0036674345     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-0285(02)00012-9     Document Type: Article

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