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Lloyd, Kevin, Sanborn, Adam N., Leslie, David and Lewandowsky, Stephan (2017) Why does higher working memory capacity help you learn? In: CogSci 2017, London, 26-29 Jul 2017. Published in: CogSci 2017 Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society London, UK, 26-29 July 2017 pp. 767-772. ISBN 9780991196760 .

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Abstract

Algorithms for approximate Bayesian inference, such as
Monte Carlo methods, provide one source of models of how
people may deal with uncertainty in spite of limited cognitive
resources. Here, we model learning as a process of sequential
sampling, or ‘particle filtering’, and suggest that an individual’s
working memory capacity (WMC) may be usefully modelled
in terms of the number of samples, or ‘particles’, that are
available for inference. The model qualitatively captures two
distinct effects reported recently, namely that individuals with
higher WMC are better able to (i) learn novel categories, and
(ii) flexibly switch between different categorization strategies

Item Type: Conference Item (Paper)
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Short-term memory, Bayesian statistical decision theory
Journal or Publication Title: CogSci 2017 Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society London, UK, 26-29 July 2017
Publisher: London Computational Foundations of Cognition
ISBN: 9780991196760
Official Date: 11 April 2017
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11 April 2017Accepted
Page Range: pp. 767-772
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access (Creative Commons)
Date of first compliant deposit: 30 July 2017
Date of first compliant Open Access: 31 July 2017
Funder: Gatsby Charitable Foundation (GCF), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Grant number: EP/I032622/1
Conference Paper Type: Paper
Title of Event: CogSci 2017
Type of Event: Conference
Location of Event: London
Date(s) of Event: 26-29 Jul 2017
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