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Integration and Reuse in Cognitive Skill Acquisition
Author(s) -
Salvucci Dario D.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
cognitive science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.498
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1551-6709
pISSN - 0364-0213
DOI - 10.1111/cogs.12032
Subject(s) - reuse , dreyfus model of skill acquisition , task (project management) , knowledge acquisition , computer science , cognition , component (thermodynamics) , procedural knowledge , knowledge integration , cognitive skill , knowledge management , domain knowledge , psychology , engineering , physics , systems engineering , neuroscience , economics , thermodynamics , economic growth , waste management
Previous accounts of cognitive skill acquisition have demonstrated how procedural knowledge can be obtained and transformed over time into skilled task performance. This article focuses on a complementary aspect of skill acquisition, namely the integration and reuse of previously known component skills. The article posits that, in addition to mechanisms that proceduralize knowledge into more efficient forms, skill acquisition requires tight integration of newly acquired knowledge and previously learned knowledge. Skill acquisition also benefits from reuse of existing knowledge across disparate task domains, relying on indexicals to reference and share necessary information across knowledge components. To demonstrate these ideas, the article proposes a computational model of skill acquisition from instructions focused on integration and reuse, and applies this model to account for behavior across seven task domains.