POWER LAWS, CRITICAL PHASE-TRANSITIONS, AND SHIFTS IN HEMISPHERIC ADVANTAGE - THE FIRST SHALL BE LAST

Authors
KENNELLY KJ HERRINGTON R BAGGETT TM
Citation
Kj. Kennelly et al., POWER LAWS, CRITICAL PHASE-TRANSITIONS, AND SHIFTS IN HEMISPHERIC ADVANTAGE - THE FIRST SHALL BE LAST, Brain and cognition, 32(2), 1996, pp. 146-148
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Experimental",Neurosciences
Journal title
Brain and cognition → ACNP
ISSN journal
02782626
Volume
32
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
146 - 148
Database
ISI
SICI code
0278-2626(1996)32:2<146:PLCPAS>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Making use of some aspects of Logan's (1988) instance theory of the po wer law speedup in reaction-times (RTs), we propose a dynamic systems approach to an understanding of the critical phase transition from per formance based on algorithms to performance based on direct memory ret rieval. We then apply this understanding to explain shifts in hemisphe ric differences as a function of repetitive practice.