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Associations Matrix

Episodic model usability can be further operationalized using a WM and LTM associations matrix (see Fig. 12, 13, and 15). Cowan (2001) defines a chunk in WM as having strong intra-associations within a collection of items and weak inter-associations between items.   citation: https://patsula.com/usefo/episodicmodel/images/matrix_experiment_small.gif

EMI: Cognitive Load

cognitive load theory (Sweller, 1988), which posits that “goal attainment and schema acquisition may be two largely unrelated and even incompatible processes” (p. 283). In other words, the demand for resources in performance type reasoning activities in System 2, compete with resources available for learning. According to CLT, there are three types of cognitive load: …

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