A compact memory model captures behavior across 137 experiments

By combining established learning and memory principles, CORE predicted millions of human choices and reproduced most tested behavioral effects.

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Marcel Binz · Eric Schulz

Institute for Human-Centered AI, Helmholtz Munich · Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics

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Binz and Schulz built a single interpretable model from established cognitive principles, then fitted it jointly to 7,036,442 choices from 137 experiments.

The authors developed COntextual Retrieval and Encoding, or CORE.

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From Institute for Human-Centered AI, Helmholtz Munich and Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics

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A small cognitive core (CORE) jointly fitted to 137 experiments accounts for much of human behavior.

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