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Course Description |
Mathematical
Models of Human Memory
Jeroen Raaijmakers
University
of Amsterdam
This course will provide an introduction to contemporary models of human memory. The emphasis will be on models that are designed to be applicable to a variety of memory paradigms or tasks (recall and recognition, implicit and explicit memory) rather than models that are specific to one particular paradigm. We will show how these models deal with basic questions regarding human memory. The first lecture will give a broad overview of various approaches while the remaining lectures will discuss particular areas of application. Although connectionist approaches will be briefly discussed in the introductory lecture, they will not be discussed further since that topic will be treated in detail in the series of lectures by Robert French.
1. Overview of models and approaches
Required Readings:
Raaijmakers, J.G.W. & Shiffrin, R.M. (2002). Models of memory.
In H. Pashler & D. Medin (Eds.), Stevens'
Handbook of Experimental Psychology, Third Edition, Volume 2: Memory and Cognitive
Processes. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Pp. 43-76.
Optional Readings:
Estes, W.K. (2002). Traps in the
route to models of memory and decision. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review,
9, 3-25.
2. Episodic Memory: Recall
Required Readings:
Anderson, J. R., Bothell, D.,
Lebiere, C. & Matessa, M. (1998). An
integrated theory of list memory. Journal
of Memory and Language, 38,
341-380.
Optional Readings:
Mensink, G.J.M. & Raaijmakers,
J.G.W. (1988). A
model for interference and forgetting. Psychological
Review, 95, 434-455.
Raaijmakers, J.G.W. (2003). Spacing
and repetition effects in human memory: Application of the SAM model. Cognitive
Science, 27, 431-452.
3. Episodic Memory: Recognition
Required Readings:
Dennis, S. & Humphreys, M.S.
(2001). A
context noise model of episodic recognition. Psychological Review, 108,
452-478.
Optional Readings:
Yonelinas, A. P. (1999). The contribution
of recollection and familiarity to recognition and source memory judgments: A
formal dual-process model and an analysis of Receiver Operating Characteristics.
Journal of Experimental Psychology:
Learning Memory and Cognition, 25,
1415-1443.
4. Semantic and Implicit Memory
Required Readings:
Schooler, L .J., Shiffrin, R. M., &
Raaijmakers, J. G. W. (2001). A
Bayesian model for implicit effects in perceptual identification. Psychological Review, 108, 257-272.
Optional Readings:
Masson, M.E.J. (1995). A
distributed memory model of semantic priming. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition, 21, 3-23.
Rouder, J.N., Ratcliff, R. &
McKoon, G. (2000). A
neural network model of implicit memory for object recognition.
Psychological Science, 11, 13-19.
5. Model Evaluation
Required Readings:
Van Zandt, T. (2000). How
to fit a response time distribution. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review,
7, 424-465.
Optional Readings:
Roberts, S., & Pashler, H.
(2000). How
persuasive is a good fit? A comment on theory testing. Psychological
Review, 107, 358–367.
Dunn, J.C. (2000). Model
complexity: The fit to random data reconsidered. Psychological Research,
63, 174-182.
Small groups
Discussion of the issues raised in the main classes and/or brought up by the participants. Discussions will focus on comparing the models to qualitative theories and explanations in order to better understand the strengths and weaknesses of the various approaches.
Assessment
Participants wishing to get credits should write a paper discussing a comparison of two or more models with regard to a specific experimental result or paradigm.
Jeroen Raaijmakers
Jeroen G.W. Raaijmakers received his Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Nijmegen in 1979 on a dissertation that described the model that later became known as the SAM model for free recall (based on a collaboration with Richard Shiffrin). After having been at the Department of Psychology at the University of Nijmegen, he joined the TNO Institute for Perception of the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research at Soesterberg in 1985 where he set up a new research group in applied cognitive psychology. In 1992 he was appointed to the chair in cognitive psychology at the University of Amsterdam. His main research interests are human memory, in particular mathematical modelling and implicit memory. He has also been involved in research on dementia, decision making and statistics.