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memory foraging  

Definition

  • Search in semantic memory "similar to search in physical space, involving a dynamic process of mediating between local exploitation and global exploration of clusters of information in much the same way that animals forage among patches of food in their environment." (Hills et al., 2012, p. 438).

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  • • Abbott, J. T., Austerweil, J. L., & Griffiths, T. L. (2015). Random walks on semantic networks can resemble optimal foraging. Psychological Review, 122(3), 558‑569. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0038693

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
  • • Hills, T. T., Jones, M. N., & Todd, P. M. (2012). Optimal foraging in semantic memory. Psychological Review, 119(2), 431-440. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0027373

    [Study type: simulation study / Access: closed]
  • • Hills, T. T., Todd, P. M., & Jones, M. N. (2015). Foraging in semantic fields : How we search through memory. Topics in Cognitive Science, 7(3), 513‑534. https://doi.org/10.1111/tops.12151

    [Study type: simulation study / Access: free]

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  • Frank Arnould

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