Differential retroactive interference in humans following exposure to structured or unstructured learning material: A single distributed neural network account

Connection Science

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 101-118

  Musca, Serban C ^a   Rousset, Stéphane ^a   Ans, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE MENDÈS FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Behavioural studies; Catastrophic interference; Distributed neural networks; Retroactive interference paradigm; Single memory system

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL STUDIES; CATASTROPHIC INTERFERENCE; DISTRIBUTED NEURAL NETWORKS; RETROACTIVE INTERFERENCE PARADIGM; SINGLE-MEMORY SYSTEMS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPETITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; LEARNING SYSTEMS;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 4544339522     PISSN: 09540091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540090412331285536     Document Type: Article

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