An Activation‐Based Model of Sentence Processing as Skilled Memory Retrieval
Center for Applied Linguistics · University of Michigan · +1 more institution
Abstract
Abstract We present a detailed process theory of the moment‐by‐moment working‐memory retrievals and associated control structure that subserve sentence comprehension. The theory is derived from the application of independently motivated principles of memory and cognitive skill to the specialized task of sentence parsing. The resulting theory construes sentence processing as a series of skilled associative memory retrievals modulated by similarity‐based interference and fluctuating activation. The cognitive principles are formalized in computational form in the Adaptive Control of Thought–Rational (ACT–R) architecture, and our process model is realized in ACT–R. We present the results of 6 sets of simulations:…
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2Topics & keywords
- Sentence
- Computer science
- Sentence processing
- Working memory
- Parsing
- Natural language processing
- Artificial intelligence
- Cognition
- Reduced inequalities