The Structure of Long-term Memory: A Connectivity Model of Semantic Processing

Contents: Preface. Introduction. The Representational Problem: A Historical Perspective. Traditional Theories of Forgetting. The Failure of Traditional Forgetting Theories: Misleading Representational Assumptions. STM Codes: Their Structure and Decay. Network Theories: Basic Assumptions on the Structure of LTM. Strictly and Nonstrictly Hierarchical Models of Fact Retrieval. Strictly and Nonstrictly Hierarchical Models of Word Meaning. The Connectivity Model. A Connectivity Model for Semantic Processing. The Simulation Program CONN1. Representational Assumptions and Their Possible Neural Bases. Concluding Remarks.