ABSTRACT
Quantitative modeling approaches to human memory are currently more prominent than ever. Widely used textbooks such as Haberlandt (1999) and Neath and Surprenant (2003) as well as the recently published new edition of Stevens’ Handbook of Experimental Psychology (Raaijmakers & Shiffrin, 2002) all contain chapters on memory models. This is encouraging and contrasts with the still quite common attitude among experimental psychologists who regard mathematical modeling at best as “too complicated” but more often as a bit suspect.
