Working Memory Capacity and Generalization in Predictive Learning

Expanding the Space of Cognitive Science - Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 3205-3210

  Wills, Andy J ^a   Barrasin, Thomas J ^a   McLaren, Ian P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

associative learning; deliberative processing; generalization; rules; working memory

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATIVE LEARNING; DELIBERATIVE PROCESSING; DUAL PROCESS; GENERALISATION; HUMAN LEARNING; MEMORY CAPACITY; RULE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84902965364     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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