Accession Number:

ADA114634

Title:

Skill and Working Memory.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIV PITTSBURGH PA DEPT OF PSYCHOLOGY

Personal Author(s):

• Chase,William G.
• Ericsson,K. Anders

Report Date:

1982-04-30

Pagination or Media Count:

98.0

Abstract:

A theory of skilled memory is proposed in which the size of working memory expands as skill increases. It is proposed that knowledge states in long-term memory are tagged to the current context and retrieved directly and rapidly for use in working memory. Evidence in the role of long-term knowledge structures in working memory is reviewed in several domains 1 A memory span expert, 2 A mental calculation expert, and 3 A waiter with mnemonics skills. Author

Descriptors:

• *Skills
• *Memory(Psychology)
• *Learning
• Theory
• Coding
• Mnemonics
• Computerized simulation

Subject Categories:

• Psychology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE