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TY - UNPB ID - cogprints799 UR - http://cogprints.org/799/ A1 - Taatgen, Niels A. TI - A model of learning task-specific knowledge for a new task Y1 - 1999/// N2 - In this paper I will present a detailed ACT-R model of how the task-specific knowledge for a new, complex task is learned. The model is capable of acquiring its knowledge through experience, using a declarative representation that is gradually compiled into a procedural representation. The model exhibits several characteristics that concur with Fitt�s theory of skill learning, and can be used to show that individual differences in working memory capacity initially have a large impact on performance, but that this impact diminished after sufficient experience. Some preliminary experimental data support these findings. AV - public KW - cognitive modelling KW - cognitive modeling KW - ACT-R KW - skill learning KW - scheduling KW - working memory KW - working memory capacity KW - individual differences KW - procedural memory ER -