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A model is presented to account for the data from incremental cuing experiments that have been carried out to identify the representation of propositions in memory. In such experiments subjects first learn a list of sentences and are afterward cued for recall with words from the learned sentences. The model proposed distinguishes between a memory structure and stimulus and response processes. The all-or-none tendency in the data is captured by a Gestalt-like memory code. The model is compared with the stochastic theory of Anderson and Bower and the fragmentation hypothesis of Jones.
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This research was in part supported by Grant We 498/6 from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft to the first author. We would like to thank H. Colonius and H.-H. Schulze for many fruitful discussions.
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Wender, K.F., Glowalla, U. Models for within-proposition representation tested by cued recall. Memory & Cognition 7, 401–409 (1979). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03196945
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