Title |
Limitless capacity: a dynamic object-oriented approach to short-term memory
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Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, March 2015
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DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00293 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Bill Macken, John Taylor, Dylan Jones |
Abstract |
The notion of capacity-limited processing systems is a core element of cognitive accounts of limited and variable performance, enshrined within the short-term memory construct. We begin with a detailed critical analysis of the conceptual bases of this view and argue that there are fundamental problems - ones that go to the heart of cognitivism more generally - that render it untenable. In place of limited capacity systems, we propose a framework for explaining performance that focuses on the dynamic interplay of three aspects of any given setting: the particular task that must be accomplished, the nature and form of the material upon which the task must be performed, and the repertoire of skills and perceptual-motor functions possessed by the participant. We provide empirical examples of the applications of this framework in areas of performance typically accounted for by reference to capacity-limited short-term memory processes. |
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