# Formal models of memory based on temporally-varying representations

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.01796 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2201.01796/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 5 Jan 2022.

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- [Deriving time-averaged active inference from control principles](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2208.10601/) (2022)

## Abstract (arXiv)

The idea that memory behavior relies on a gradually-changing internal state has a long history in mathematical psychology. This chapter traces this line of thought from statistical learning theory in the 1950s, through distributed memory models in the latter part of the 20th century and early part of the 21st century through to modern models based on a scale-invariant temporal history. We discuss the neural phenomena consistent with this form of representation and sketch the kinds of cognitive models that can be constructed using it and connections with formal models of various memory tasks.