Book contents
- Frequency in Language
- Frequency in Language
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Table
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I
- Part II
- Part III
- Part IV
- 8 Predicting: Using Past Experience to Guide Future Action
- 9 Learning: Navigating Frequency, Recency, Context and Contingency
- 10 By Way of Conclusion
- References
- Index
8 - Predicting: Using Past Experience to Guide Future Action
from Part IV
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 September 2019
- Frequency in Language
- Frequency in Language
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Table
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I
- Part II
- Part III
- Part IV
- 8 Predicting: Using Past Experience to Guide Future Action
- 9 Learning: Navigating Frequency, Recency, Context and Contingency
- 10 By Way of Conclusion
- References
- Index
Summary
In the previous chapters, we have seen how experiences could be encoded in memory and we have discussed the role that frequency and attention play in the process. But many questions remain to be asked and answered. One such question relates to the crucial observation that not everything can get noticed and be attended to. So, what determines which aspects of experience are selected? A popular answer suggests that we may prioritize things that are salient and surprise our cognitive system. But this leads to a new question: how can surprise arise in a cognitive system? In this chapter (and the next) we look at approaches that combine insights from memory and attention and operationalize ‘noticing’ as a function of the previously introduced concepts of surprise and prediction. The resulting predictive processing models could serve as stepping stones towards encompassing models of cognition, including linguistic cognition.
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- Frequency in LanguageMemory, Attention and Learning, pp. 205 - 232Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019
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