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Topic: phenomenological model

Seminar
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In Applied Mathematics and Cognition

Seminar · Cognition

Human memory: mathematical models and experiments

Misha Tsodyks · Weizmann Institute, Institute for Advanced Study

Wed, Jan 5, 2022 · 05:00 UTC

I will present my recent work on mathematical modeling of human memory. I will argue that memory recall of random lists of items is governed by the universal algorithm resulting in the analytical relation between the number of items in memory and the number of items that can be successfully recalled. The retention of items in memory on the other hand is not universal and differs for different types of items being remembered, in particular retention curves for words and sketches is different even when sketches are made to only carry information about an object being drawn. I will discuss the pu