Towards a computational theory of semantic memory

Lucia Vaina

pp. 97-113

in: Lucia Vaina, Jaakko Hintikka (eds), Cognitive constraints on communication, Berlin, Springer, 1984

Abstract

Memory is one of the most important functions of the human brain, yet its understanding — why and how it does what it does — has so far eluded us. Research in memory has been a frustrating task not least because of the intimate familiarity with what we are trying to understand, and partly also because the human cognitive system has developed as an interactive whole; it is difficult to isolate its component modules — a necessary prerequisite for their thorough elucidation.