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Annual Review of Psychology

Volume 71, 2020

Computational Models of Memory Search

Abstract

The capacity to search memory for events learned in a particular context stands as one of the most remarkable feats of the human brain. How is memory search accomplished? First, I review the central ideas investigated by theorists developing models of memory. Then, I review select benchmark findings concerning memory search and analyze two influential computational approaches to modeling memory search: dual-store theory and retrieved context theory. Finally, I discuss the key theoretical ideas that have emerged from these modeling studies and the open questions that need to be answered by future research.

Keyword(s): free recall, memory models, memory search, neural networks, retrieved context theory, serial recall, short-term memory
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Computational Models of Memory Search
Annual Review of Psychology 71, 107 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-010418-103358
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