Improved Holographic Model of Temporal Recall

Abstract

THE static model of temporal recall which I recently proposed¹ as an alternative to Longuet-Higgins' model² is unsatisfactory in one respect. From a fragment which is remembered it can recall earlier parts of the whole sequence. This is unlike human memory which can readily recall later parts, but earlier parts only with great difficulty, if at all, especially if the sequence has been memorized by rote. If we want to imitate human memory with models, we must take account of the weaknesses of the nervous system as well as of its powers. Longuet-Higgins' model possesses this property, and so does the modified static system described here.