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Title: | A computer model of chess memory |
Authors: | Gobet, F |
Keywords: | expertise;chess;chunking;CHREST;retrieval structure;computer modeling;memory;recall;game;random;mirror-image;multiple-board;perception;LTM |
Issue Date: | 1993 |
Publisher: | Erlbaum |
Citation: | Gobet , F. (1993). A computer model of chess memory. Proceedings of 15th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, p. 463-468. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. |
Abstract: | Chess research provides rich data for testing computational models of human memory. This paper presents a model which shares several common concepts with an earlier attempt (Simon & Gilmartin, 1973), but features several new attributes: dynamic short-term memory, recursive chunking, more sophisticated perceptual mechanisms and use of a retrieval structure (Chase & Ericsson, 1982). Simulations of data from three experiments are presented: 1) differential recall of random and game positions; 2) recall of several boards presented in short succession; 3) recall of positions modified by mirror image reflection about various axes. The model fits the data reasonably well, although some empirical phenomena are not captured by it. At a theoretical level, the conceptualization of the internal representation and its relation with the retrieval structure needs further refinement. |
URI: | http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/2129 |
Appears in Collections: | Psychology Dept of Life Sciences Research Papers |
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