%A Niels A. Taatgen
%T A model of learning task-specific knowledge for a new task
%X In this paper I will present a detailed ACT-R model of how the task-specific knowledge for a new, complex task is learned. The model is capable of acquiring its knowledge through experience, using a declarative representation that is gradually compiled into a procedural representation. The model exhibits several characteristics that concur with Fitt?s theory of skill learning, and can be used to show that individual differences in working memory capacity initially have a large impact on performance, but that this impact diminished after sufficient experience. Some preliminary experimental data support these findings.
%D 1999
%K cognitive modelling, cognitive modeling, ACT-R, skill learning, scheduling, working memory, working memory capacity, individual differences, procedural memory
%L cogprints799

<script src="//archive-bar.soton.ac.uk/archive-bar.js"></script>