Memory capacity, problem solving

Morris water tank maze, learning set formation, multiple T-mazes and DRL learning in a Skinnerbox (refs. 34, 35, 62, 120). Although the value of apical tests is not yet clear (ref. 167), the Hebb-Williams test could serve as an example of such a test. In this test measures of activity, motivation, learning, memory and problem solving capacity can be determined in one single test situation. 

With the simultaneous analysis of all data in a three-way array, the amount of data may become very large, putting heavy demands on computational power and memory capacity. To solve this problem, one might work on a sub-set or reduce data dimensionality by averaging a given number of variables, but neither of these possibilities is the best way to solve the problem, since important information may be lost in these processes. 

Problem solving is well known as a composite activity involving various cognitive functions that depend on the number and quality of available operative schemata in long-term memoiy (see below) and on working memory capacity (Stamovlasis ... 

As discussed at the beginning of this chapter, photochromic systems represent potential molecular level memory devices. A number of problems, however, must be solved for practical applications. A challenge problem is to find systems with multiple storage and nondestructive readout capacity those in which the record can be... 

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