A cognitive odyssey: From the power law of practice to a general learning mechanism and beyond

This article traces a line of research that began with the establishment of a pervasive regularity in human performance the Power Law of Practice and proceeded through several decades' worth of investigations that this opened up into learning and cognitive architecture. The results touch on b...

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Main Author: Paul S. Rosenbloom
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université d'Ottawa 2006-09-01
Series:Tutorials in Quantitative Methods for Psychology
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Online Access:http://www.tqmp.org/Content/vol02-2/p043/p043.pdf
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spelling doaj-8b44b715a5ef4ba3aa5616f23aae11892020-11-24T22:20:42ZengUniversité d'OttawaTutorials in Quantitative Methods for Psychology1913-41262006-09-01224351A cognitive odyssey: From the power law of practice to a general learning mechanism and beyondPaul S. RosenbloomThis article traces a line of research that began with the establishment of a pervasive regularity in human performance the Power Law of Practice and proceeded through several decades' worth of investigations that this opened up into learning and cognitive architecture. The results touch on both cognitive psychology and artificial intelligence, and more specifically on the possibility of building general learning mechanisms/systems. It is a story whose final chapter is still to be written. http://www.tqmp.org/Content/vol02-2/p043/p043.pdfPower lawSOAR
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title_short A cognitive odyssey: From the power law of practice to a general learning mechanism and beyond
title_full A cognitive odyssey: From the power law of practice to a general learning mechanism and beyond
title_fullStr A cognitive odyssey: From the power law of practice to a general learning mechanism and beyond
title_full_unstemmed A cognitive odyssey: From the power law of practice to a general learning mechanism and beyond
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description This article traces a line of research that began with the establishment of a pervasive regularity in human performance the Power Law of Practice and proceeded through several decades' worth of investigations that this opened up into learning and cognitive architecture. The results touch on both cognitive psychology and artificial intelligence, and more specifically on the possibility of building general learning mechanisms/systems. It is a story whose final chapter is still to be written.
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