DOI: 10.1207/s15516709cog0402_1. K‐Lines: A theory of Memory

10.1207/s15516709cog0402_1

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Abstract

Most theories of memory suggest that when we learn or memorize something, some drepresentation of that something is constructed, stored and later retrieved. This raises questions like:How is information represented?How is it stored?How is it retrieved?Then, how is it used?This paper tries to deal with all these at once. When you get an idea and want to “remember” it, you create a “K‐line” for it. When later activated, the K‐line induces a partial mental state resembling the one that created it. A “partial mental state” is a subset of those mental agencies operating at one moment. This view leads to many ideas about the development, structure and physiology of memory, and about how to implement framelike representations in a distributed processor.

Bibliography

Minsky, M. (1980). KâLines: A theory of Memory. Cognitive Science, 4(2), 117â133. Portico.

Authors 1

Marvin Minsky (first)

References 12 Referenced 89

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Type	When
Created	20 years, 1 month ago (July 6, 2005, 5:33 a.m.)
Deposited	1 year, 9 months ago (Nov. 1, 2023, 3:06 p.m.)
Indexed	4 months, 1 week ago (April 17, 2025, 10:07 a.m.)
Issued	45 years, 4 months ago (April 1, 1980)
Published	45 years, 4 months ago (April 1, 1980)
Published Online	15 years, 6 months ago (Feb. 11, 2010)
Published Print	45 years, 4 months ago (April 1, 1980)

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BibTeX

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