Predicting spontaneous recovery of memory.
Long after a new language has been learned and forgotten, relearning a few words seems to trigger the recall of other words. Neural-network models indicate that this form of spontaneous recovery may result from the storage of distributed representations, which are thought to mediate human memory. Here we use a psychomotor learning task to show that a corresponding effect of spontaneous memory recovery occurs in human subjects.
Stone
J V
JV
Department of Psychology, Sheffield University, Sheffield S10 2TP, UK. j.v.stone@sheffield.ac.uk
Hunkin
N M
NM
Hornby
A
A
D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D008959:Models, Neurological; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D011930:Reaction Time