ACT-R » Skill Acquisition

Dimov, C. M., Anderson, J. R., Betts, S. A., & Bothell, D. (2023). An Integrated Model of Collaborative Skill Acquisition: Anticipation, Control Tuning, and Role Adoption. Cognitive Science, 47:e13303. https://doi.org/10.1111/cogs.13303

Seow, R. Y. T., Betts, S. A., & Anderson, J. R. (2021). A Decay-Based Account of Learning and Adaptation in Complex Skills. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. Advance online publication.

Gianferrara P.G., Betts S., Anderson J.R. (2021) Cognitive & motor skill transfer across speeds: A video game study. PLoS ONE 16(10): e0258242.

Anderson, J. R., Betts, S., Bothell, D., & Lebiere, C. (2021). Discovering Skill. Cognitive Psychology, 129.

Tenison, C., Fincham, J.M., & Anderson, J.R. (2016). Phases of Learning: How Skill Acquisition Impacts Cognitive Processing. Cognitive Psychology, 87, 1-28.

Tenison, C., & Anderson, J. R. (2015, November 9). Modeling the Distinct Phases of Skill Acquisition. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000204

Tenison, C., Fincham, J. M., & Anderson, J. R. (2014). Detecting math problem solving strategies: An investigation into the use of retrospective self-reports, latency and fMRI data. Neuropsychologia, 54, 41-52.

Wintermute, S., Betts, S. A., Ferris, J. L., Fincham, J. M., & Anderson, J. R. (2012). Brain Networks Supporting Execution of Mathematical Skills versus Acquisition of New Mathematical Competence. Public Library of Science (PLOS) ONE.

Emond, B. & Comeau, G. (2012). Cognitive modelling of early music reading skill acquisition for piano. In N. Rußwinkel, U. Drewitz & H. van Rijn (eds.), Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling, Berlin: Universitaetsverlag der TU Berlin.

Janssen, C.P. & Gray, W.D. (2012) When, What, and How Much to Reward in Reinforcement Learning based Models of Cognition. Accepted for Cognitive Science, 36(2), 333-358.

Janssen, C.P., Brumby, D.P., Dowell, J., & Chater, N. (2010). Strategic Adaptation in a Dual-Task Setting. In Proceedings of the European ACT-R Workshop 2010. Groningen, Netherlands.

Janssen, C.P., Young, R.M., Ament, G.A., Back, J., Brumby, D.P., Cox, A.L., & Grace, J. (2010). Cognitive Modelling at the UCL Interaction Centre. In Proceedings of the European ACT-R Workshop 2010. Groningen, Netherlands.

Paik, J. (2010). Exploring a Novel Training Paradigm for Knowledge and Skills Acquisition. In D. D. Salvucci & G. Gunzelmann (Eds.), Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (pp. 319-320). Philadelphia, PA: Drexel University.

Stocco, A., Lebiere, C., & Anderson, J. R. (2010). Conditional routing of information to the cortex: A model of the basal ganglia’s role in cognitive coordination. Psychological Review, 117(2), 540-574.

Janssen, C.P. & Brumby, D.P. (2010). Strategic Adaptation to Performance Objectives in a Dual-Task Setting. Cognitive Science, 34(8), 1548+1560.

Brunstein, A., Betts, S. A., Anderson, J. R (unpublished). When minimal guidance does and does not work: Drill and kill makes discovery learning a success.

Chikhaoui, B., Pigot, H., Beaudoin, M., Pratte, G., Bellefeuille, P. & Laudares, F. (2009). Learning a song: an ACT-R Model. In proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Intelligence (pp. 405-410), Oslo, Norway.

Fincham, J. M., Qin, Y., & Anderson, J. R. (2008). An fMRI study of cognitive demand and control during skill acquisition. In Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA, p. 244.

Stocco, A., Lebiere, C., & Anderson, J. R. (2008). Procedural Learning and Sequential Control of Behavior in a Neural Network Model of the Basal Ganglia. In Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA, pp. 210-211.

Janssen, C.P., Gray, W.D., & Schoelles, M.J. (2008). How a Modeler's Conception of Rewards Influences a Model's Behavior: Investigating ACT-R 6's Utility Learning Mechanism. In Proceedings of the 15th Annual ACT-R Workshop (p. 42), Pittsburgh, PA.

Taatgen, N.A., Huss, D., Dickison, D.H., & Anderson, J.R. (2008). The Acquisition of Robust and Flexible Cognitive Skills. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 137(3), 548-565.

Fu, W.-T. & Anderson, J. (2008). Dual learning processes in interactive skill acquisition. Journal of Experimental Psychology, Applied. 14 (2), 179-191.

Salvucci, D. D., & Taatgen, N. A. (in press). Threaded cognition: An integrated theory of concurrent multitasking. Psychological Review.

Pavlik, P. I., Jr., Presson, N., Dozzi, G., Wu, S.-M., MacWhinney, B., & Koedinger, K. (2007). The FaCT (fact and concept) system: A new tool linking cognitive science with educators. In proceedings of the 29th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Nashville, TN, USA.

Kim, J. W., Koubek, R. J., & Ritter, F. E. (2007). Investigation of procedural skills degradation from different modalities. In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.

Fu, W.-T., Bothell, D., Douglass, S., Haimson, C., Sohn, M.-H., & Anderson, J. A. (2006), Toward a Real-Time Model-Based Training System. Interacting with Computers, 18(6), 1216-1230.

Gray, W. D., Sims, C. R., Fu, W.-T., & Schoelles, M. J. (2006). The soft constraints hypothesis: A rational analysis approach to resource allocation for interactive behavior. Psychological Review, 113(3), 461-482.

Fu, W-T. & Anderson, J. R. (2006). From recurrent choice to skill learning: A reinforcement-learning model. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 135(2), 184-206.

Blessing, S. B. & Dronek, P. (2006). The effect of Einstellung on compositional processes. In proceedings of the 28th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 2444) . Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Fincham, J. M. & Anderson, J. R. (2006). Distinct roles of the anterior cingulate and prefrontal cortex in acquisition and performance of a cognitive skill. Proceedings of the National Acedemy of Science, U. S. A., 103, 12941-12946.

Jastrzembski, T. S., Gluck, K. A., & Gunzelmann, G. (2006). Knowledge tracing and prediction of future trainee performance. In Proceedings of the 2006 Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference (pp. 1498-1508). Orlando, FL: National Training Systems Association.

Müller, B. & Schoppek, W. (2003). Acquisition and use of mental operators: Multinomial modeling versus ACT-R. In F. Schmalhofer, R.M. Young, & G. Katz (Eds.), Proceedings of EuroCogSci 03 (pp 241-246). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Taatgen, N.A. & Lee, F.J. (2003). Production Compilation: A simple mechanism to model Complex Skill Acquisition. Human Factors, 45(1), 61-76.

Belavkin, R. V., & Ritter, F. E. (2003). The use of entropy for analysis and control of cognitive models. In F. Detje, D. Doerner, & H. Schaub (Eds.), Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. 21-26. Bamberg, Germany: Universitats-Verlag Bamberg.

Lee, F.J. & Taatgen, N.A. (2002). Multi-tasking as Skill Acquisition. Proceedings of the twenty-fourth annual conference of the cognitive science society (pp. 572-577). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. Fairfax, VA: August, 2002.

Wallach, D., & Lebiere, C. (2002). On the role of instances in complex skill acquisition. In Proceedings of the 43rd Conference of the German Psychological Association.

Taatgen, N. A. (2002). A model of individual differences in skill acquisition in the Kanfer-Ackerman Air Traffic Control Task. Cognitive Systems Research, 3(1), 103-112. (ACT-R 4)

Lee, F. J. & Anderson, J. R. (2001). Does learning of a complex task have to be complex? A study in learning decomposition. Cognitive Psychology, 42(3), 267-316.

Taatgen, N. A. (1999). Learning without limits: from problem solving toward a unified theory of learning. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.

Taatgen, N. A. (1999). A model of learning task-specific knowledge for a new task. In Proceedings of the twenty-first annual conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 730-735). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Lee, F. J. & Anderson, J. R. (1997). Learning to Act: Acquisition and optimization of procedural skill. In Proceedings of the 19th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, pp. 418-423. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Anderson, J. R., Fincham, J. M. & Douglass, S. (1997). The role of examples and rules in the acquisition of a cognitive skill. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 23, 932-945.

Salvucci, D. D., Anderson, J. R. & Douglass, S. (1997). Encoding and response strategies in complex skill acquisition. In Proceedings of the 19th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, pp. 1030. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Blessing, S. & Anderson, J. R. (1996). How people learn to skip steps. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition, 22, 576-598.

Lee, F. J., Anderson, J. R. & Matessa, M. P. (1995). Components of Dynamic Skill Acquisition. In Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 506-511). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Anderson, J. R. & Fincham, J. M. (1994). Acquisition of Procedural skills from examples. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 20, 1322-1340.

Singley, M. K., Anderson, J. R., & Gevins, J. S. (1991). Promoting abstract strategies in algebra word problem solving. In Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences, 398-404. Evanston, IL.

Singley, M. K. & Anderson, J. R. (1989). Transfer of Cognitive Skill. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Anderson, J. R. (1989). Practice, working memory, and the ACT* theory of skill acquisition: A Comment on Carlson, Sullivan, and Schneider. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 15, 527-530.

Anderson, J. R., Conrad, F. G., & Corbett, A. T. (1989). Skill acquisition and the LISP Tutor. Cognitive Science, 13, 467-506.

Singley, M. K. & Anderson, J. R. (1988). A keystroke analysis of learning and transfer of text editing. Human Computer Interaction, 3, 223-274.

Singley, M. K., & Anderson, J. R. (1985). The transfer of text-editing skill. Journal of Man-Machine Interaction, 22, 403-423.

Anderson, J. R. (1983). Learning to program. In Proceedings of International Joint Conference on Artifical Intelligence, 57-62.

Anderson, J. R. (1982). Acquisition of cognitive skill. Psychological Review, 89, 369-403.

Anderson, J. R., Greeno, J. G., Kline, P. K., & Neves, D. M. (1981). Acquisition of problem solving skill. In J. R. Anderson (Ed.), Cognitive skills and their acquisition. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Anderson, J. R. (Ed.) (1981). Cognitive skills and their acquisition. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Neves, D. M., & Anderson, J. R. (1981). Knowledge compilation: Mechanisms for the automatization of cognitive skills. In J. R. Anderson (Ed.), Cognitive skills and their acquisition. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

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