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Memory Organisation

Memory is central to common sense behaviour and also the basis for learning.

Human memory is still not fully understood however psychologists have proposed several ideas:

LTM is often divided up further:

In terms of AI research work started by Quillian on semantic memory led to semantic networks and frames and other slot and filler structures.

Work on episodic memory grew out of scripts.

Production systems are an example of STN-LTM computer models.



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