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Why is capacity limited? Missing dynamics and developmental controversies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 1998

Richard A. Heath  and
Brett K. Hayes
Richard A. Heath
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia{heath,hayes}@psychology.newcastle.edu.aupsychology.newcastle.edu.au/~heathpsychology.newcastle.edu.au/~hayes
Brett K. Hayes
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia{heath,hayes}@psychology.newcastle.edu.aupsychology.newcastle.edu.au/~heathpsychology.newcastle.edu.au/~hayes
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Abstract

The discovery of a quaternary complexity limitation to mature cognitive operations raises important theoretical issues. We propose that cognitive limitations arise naturally in a complex dynamic information processing system, and consider problems such as the distinction between parallel and serial processes and the representativeness of the empirical data base used by Halford et al. to support their relational complexity scheme.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 21 , Issue 6 , December 1998 , pp. 839 - 840
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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