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Long-term Memory

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• interference at storage (neural networks)<br />

– memory is like many pictures drawn on top of each<br />

other so its hard to see any individual picture<br />

– when memories are added, the representation is<br />

permanently changed<br />

• new memories overwrite old memories (retroactive<br />

interference)<br />

• old memories make it more difficult to encode new memories<br />

(proactive interference)<br />

– an example – adding memories to a Hopfield network<br />

• when memories are stored, links between the features of a<br />

memory are created<br />

• at retrieval, activated features serve as the retrieval cues and<br />

the system cycles until the activation no longer changes

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