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Interactions Among Aptitudes, Strategies, and Knowledge in Cognitive Performance pp 252–285Cite as

Exceptional Memory: The Influence of Practice and Knowledge on the Development of Elaborative Encoding Strategies

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In the 17th century, English scientist and philosopher Francis Bacon observed that “knowledge is power.” Recent progress in the field of cognitive science has given Bacon’s adage a firm empirical foundation. Research in both cognitive psychology and computer science (Feigenbaum, 1989) show that the more relevant knowledge humans or AI programs bring to bear on a particular task, the better they perform.

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Staszewski, J.J. (1990). Exceptional Memory: The Influence of Practice and Knowledge on the Development of Elaborative Encoding Strategies. In: Schneider, W., Weinert, F.E. (eds) Interactions Among Aptitudes, Strategies, and Knowledge in Cognitive Performance. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3268-1_18

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