"Altogether impressive...It is rather astonishing to find a book that aspires to develop a comprehensive theory of memory and indeed delivers a theory that...is reasonably well specified, formalized in some parts, computer implemented in others rather extensively tested against experimental results, and set firmly in the context of historical discussion of western speculation about the nature of human memory." —Contemporary Psychology
Preface, 1. INTRODUCTION, 2. ASSOCIATIONISM: A HISTORICAL REVIEW, 3. RATIONALIST COUNTERTRADITIONS, 4. COMPUTER SIMULATION MODELS OF MEMORY, 5. CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN LINGUISTICS, 6. AN OVERVIEW OF HAM, 7. THE STRUCTURE OF KNOWLEDGE, 8. THE ENCODING PROBLEM, 9. THE RECOGNITION PROCESS, 10. MODEL FOR SENTENCE LEARNING, 11. PROPERTIES OF THE MEMORY STRUCTURE, 12. FACT RETRIEVAL, 13. QUESTION ANSWERING, 14. VERBAL LEARNING, 15. INTERFERENCE AND FORGETTING, 16. AN EPITAPH, Author Index, Subject Index
John R. Anderson The University of Michigan, Gordon H. Bower Standford University