Transfer down the Hierarchy
- An essential feature is that memories can be transfered down the
hierarchy.
- For instance, I have describe the Red-Square problem so many times
that they are now bound together in my mind.
- All this means is that I have a CA for Red-Square, and the
part of the CA in Semantic Memory is directly accessible.
- This was supported by the initial binding. The binding cuased the
Red and Square CAs to be active simultaneously.
- Due to Hebbian learning, the connections between them were strengthened.
- I can still have Red active without Square, but Red will tend to activate
Square.
- (These are overlapping CAs.)
- After recounting the event of where you were when Kennedy was shot for the
100th time, this may be transfered to Semantic memory.
- This is enabled by connections between CAs within Semantic Memory, and may
make the Episodic memory superfluous.
- Higher levels can support learning at the lower levels.