50 years of research sparked by Atkinson and Shiffrin (1968)

Kenneth J Malmberg; Jeroen G W Raaijmakers; Richard M Shiffrin

doi:10.3758/s13421-019-00896-7

50 years of research sparked by Atkinson and Shiffrin (1968)

Mem Cognit. 2019 May;47(4):561-574. doi: 10.3758/s13421-019-00896-7.

Authors

Kenneth J Malmberg¹, Jeroen G W Raaijmakers², Richard M Shiffrin³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA. malmberg@usf.edu.
² Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
³ PBS, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA.

PMID: 30689198
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-019-00896-7

Abstract

In this article we review the framework proposed in 1968 by Atkinson and Shiffrin. We discuss the prior context that led to its production, including the advent of cognitive and mathematical modeling, its principal concepts, the subsequent refinements and elaborations that followed, and the way that the framework influenced other researchers to test the ideas and, in some cases, propose alternatives. The article illustrates the large amount of research and the large number of memory models that were directly influenced by this chapter over the past 50 years.

Keywords: Implicit memory; Memory models; Recall; Recognition; Semantic memory.

Publication types

Historical Article
Review

MeSH terms

Anniversaries and Special Events
History, 20th Century
Humans
Memory*
Models, Psychological*
Psychological Theory*
Psychology / history*