Hello, a question:
I understand that in the RT framework some form of a spreading activation
model of memory is accepted, so that nodes can be said to be linked with other
nodes containing information in an intricate complex system. I also
understand that three types of information can be stored in a conceptual address or
node: the logical entry, the encyclopedia entry, and the lexical entry.
However, my question pertains specifically to the information stored intrinsically
in a particular conceptual address or node. If a spreading activation model
is used to link nodes and other information together, then can it also be said
that there is another deeper level network of spreading activation taking
place intrinsically in a particular node which links information from a logical
entry, encyclopedic entry, and lexical entry? Perhaps due to the inferential
nature of the logical entry it may not be linked to a network at all (I don’
t know). At any rate, to be more precise, what I am really pondering is if
the information in the encyclopedic entry (a vast store of potential
information) is also stored and organized intrinsically in a particular node in some
form of a spreading activation network? Are there actually two layers of
spreading activation networks at work inside the mind? Is there a spreading
activation network linking the nodes, and another (perhaps more complicated)
spreading activation network linking the information of the encyclopedic entry
specifically inside a node? This may be something well known to others, but I am
not familiar with this. Perhaps someone can direct me to any psycholinguistic
research addressing this issue.
Does anyone have any comment on this?
Greatly appreciated,
-Luis C. Reyes
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