POSSIBLE ROLES FOR A PREDICTOR PLUS COMPARATOR MECHANISM IN HUMAN EPISODIC RECOGNITION MEMORY AND IMITATIVE LEARNING

Abstract

This commentary is divided into two parts. The first considers a possible role for Gray's predictor plus comparator mechanism in human episodic recognition memory. It draws on the computational specifications of recognition outlined in Humphreys et al. (1994) to demonstrate how the logically necessary components of recognition tasks might be mapped onto the mechanism. The second part demonstrates how the mechanism outlined by Gray might be implicated in a form of imitative learning suitable for the acquisition of complex tasks. © 1995, Cambridge University Press. All rights reserved.