A model of free-recall using the ACT-R architecture and the phonological loop
Niels Anne Taatgen, H J van den Herik, Ton Weijters · 1996
In this paper a model is presented of the free-recall task. It is based on the ACT-R architecture (Anderson, 1993) and a rehearsal theory based on Baddeley’s phonological loop (Baddeley, 1986). Rehearsal has been implemented in ACT-R by Nijdam (1995) in our laboratory. Simulation results show that the model can reproduce experimental results reported by Rundus (1971), Postman and Phillips (1965) and Craik (1970). It can offer explanations for the primacy and recency effect, and the fact that the recency effect disappears and becomes negative if there is a delay between presentation and recall.