Skilled Memory.
Abstract
The Principle Investigator proposes to investigate memory processes underlying expertise. For their earlier contract period, he and Bill Chase studied the development of memory skills, concentrating primarily on individuals who have trained their digit spans from a normal span of about 7 digits to spans as high as 85 digits. Recently, they have also analyzed the memory skills of a mental calculation expert, the mnemonic skills of a waiter who is able to remember at least 20 menu orders without any form of memory aid, and normal people's memory for exact wording of prose material. The methodology, they have employed involves a combination of protocol analysis, computer simulation modeling, and experimental hypothesis testing. They have also been primarily concerned with extensive analyses of expert subjects and long-range training of dedicated subjects over hundreds of hours, although they have also conducted short-range studies with larger samples of subjects. Because they are interested in expert-level memory performance, their methodology is inherently constrained by the time-consuming nature of expertise.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1985
- Accession Number
- ADA152063
Entities
People
- K. A. Ericsson
Organizations
- University of Colorado Boulder