A Dynamic Model for Decision Making During Memory Retrieval
Abstract
Information processing and evidence collection as we try to retrieve from memory evolves dynamically as memory probes change during perception of a test item, as low and high level features of the test item are retrieved from knowledge during the dynamic process of perception, and as content, content, and associative information about the test item are retrieved from event memory. This interaction occurs dynamically so that evidence leading to a task decision changes its character as new features become available at every level from perceptual features to semantic associations. We have studied this dynamic process empirically in a variety of paradigms and on the basis of the data have developed a general model of memory storage and retrieval that explains the interaction of event memory and knowledge as it develops over short periods of time (under a second). This represents a major advance in a field that usually treats retrieval of events and knowledge as separate domains of research, and that does not track the changing degree of task evidence as the dynamics change. Other major contributions were made in the domains of statistical learning, attention and perception, the dynamics of short-term recognition memory, and quantum probability decision making.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 26, 2015
- Accession Number
- ADA623647
Entities
People
- Richard Shiffrin
Organizations
- Indiana University