A MODEL OF INFORMATION ACQUISITION AND ORGANIZATION.
Abstract
Neurophysiological studies have shown the existence of a variety of 'feature detectors' in sensory branches of the nervous system. Psychopharmacological studies have shown that a variety of stimulants can be used to enhance learning in a way that is best explained by assuming that they act directly upon storage of the memory trace. A model of discrimination is proposed which incorporates the existence of feature detectors and uses them, plus associated postulates, to derive a facilitory effect of stimulant drugs upon memory. The model's implications for more complicated memory situations, such as the problems studied in human verbal learning, are also considered. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1966
- Accession Number
- AD0633562
Entities
People
- Earl B. Hunt