A Computational Model of Routine Procedural Memory

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dc.contributor.advisorByrne, Michael D.
dc.creatorTamborello, Franklin Patrick, II
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-27T21:34:07Z
dc.date.available2009-05-27T21:34:07Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.descriptionThis paper was submitted by the author prior to final official version. For official version please see https://scholarship.rice.edu/handle/1911/61904
dc.description.abstractCooper and Shallice (2000) implemented a computational version of the Norman and Shallice’s (1986) Contention Scheduling Model (CSM). The CSM is a hierarchically organized network of action schemas and goals. Botvinick and Plaut (2004) instead took a connectionist approach to modeling routine procedural behavior. They argued in favor of holistic, distributed representation of learned step co-occurrence associations. Two experiments found that people can adapt routine procedural behavior to changing circumstances quite readily and that other factors besides statistical co-occurrence can have influence on action selection. A CSM-inspired ACT-R model of the two experiments is the first to postdict differential error rates across multiple between-subjects conditions and trial types. Results from the behavioral and modeling studies favor a CSM-like theory of human routine procedural memory that uses discrete, hierarchically-organized goal and action representations that are adaptable to new but similar procedures.
dc.description.sponsorshipOffice of Naval Research grants #N00014-03-1-0094 and #N00014-06-1-0056en_US
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dc.identifier.citationTamborello, Franklin Patrick, II. "A Computational Model of Routine Procedural Memory." (2009) Rice University: <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/21956">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/21956</a>.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/21956
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRice University
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author
dc.subjectCognitive modeling
dc.subjectACT-R
dc.subjectRoutine procedure
dc.subjectHuman error
dc.titleA Computational Model of Routine Procedural Memory
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dc.type.genreThesis
thesis.degree.departmentPsychology
thesis.degree.disciplineSocial Sciences
thesis.degree.grantorRice University
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy
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