TY - JOUR
T1 - The bottleneck may be the solution, not the problem
AU - Lotem, Arnon
AU - Kolodny, Oren
AU - Halpern, Joseph Y.
AU - Onnis, Luca
AU - Edelman, Shimon
PY - 2016/1/1
Y1 - 2016/1/1
N2 - As a highly consequential biological trait, a memory "bottleneck" cannot escape selection pressures. It must therefore co-evolve with other cognitive mechanisms rather than act as an independent constraint. Recent theory and an implemented model of language acquisition suggest that a limit on working memory may evolve to help learning. Furthermore, it need not hamper the use of language for communication.
AB - As a highly consequential biological trait, a memory "bottleneck" cannot escape selection pressures. It must therefore co-evolve with other cognitive mechanisms rather than act as an independent constraint. Recent theory and an implemented model of language acquisition suggest that a limit on working memory may evolve to help learning. Furthermore, it need not hamper the use of language for communication.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85021856241&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/S0140525X15000886
DO - 10.1017/S0140525X15000886
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C2 - 27562516
AN - SCOPUS:85021856241
SN - 0140-525X
VL - 39
SP - e83
JO - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
JF - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
ER -