- EPAM
EPAM (Elementary Perceiver and Memorizer) is a psychological theory of
learning andmemory implemented as a computer program. Originally designed byHerbert Simon andEdward Feigenbaum to simulate phenomena inverbal learning , it has been later adapted to account for data on the psychology ofexpertise andconcept formation . It was influential in formalizing the concept of a chunk. In EPAM, learning consists in the growth of adiscrimination net .Related cognitive models
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*Feigenbaum, E. A., & Simon, H. A. (1962). A theory of the serial position effect. British Journal of Psychology, 53, 307-320.
*Feigenbaum, E. A., & Simon, H. A. (1984). EPAM-like models of recognition and learning. Cognitive Science, 8, 305-336.
*Gobet, F., Richman, H. B., Staszewski, J. J., & Simon, H. A. (1997). Goals, representations, and strategies in a concept attainment task: The EPAM model. The Psychology of Learning and Motivation, 37, 265-290.
*Richman, H. B., Gobet, F., Staszewski, J. J., & Simon, H. A. (1996). Perceptual and memory processes in the acquisition of expert performance: The EPAM model. In K. A. Ericsson (Ed.), The road to excellence (pp. 167-187). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
*Richman, H. B., Staszewski, J. J., & Simon, H. A. (1995). Simulation of expert memory with EPAM IV. Psychological Review, 102, 305-330.
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