This article aims to provide a theoretical framework to elucidate the neurophysiological underpinnings of deviance detection as reflected by mismatch negativity. A six-step model of the information processing necessary for deviance detection is proposed. In this model, predictive coding of learned regularities is realized by means of long-term…

Presents the results of an investigation into information structures in natural language science texts. (Author)

The aim of the study reported here was to investigate an alternative method for scoring Flanders' Interaction Analysis Categories when students' competence in coding lesson transcripts was being assessed. (Author)

This discussion of the development and application of lasers and microprocessors to information processing stresses laser communication in relation to capacity, reliability, and cost and the advantages of this technology to real-time information access and information storage. The increased capabilities of microprocessors are reviewed, and a…

The International Standard Bibliographic Description for Serials--ISBD(S)--provides a format for the international communication of bibliographic information so that records may be interchanged between sources, interpreted across language barriers, and converted to machine readable form. The ISBD(S) standards are limited to the descriptive…

These notes are intended for working scientists who wish to set up and operate Specialized Information Centers to serve their own specialized areas of science. Their purpose is to set out the different tasks to be performed and the decisions that must be taken, to discuss the problems of Center operation and to suggest some of the solutions. This…

A definitive study of the sizes of documents in the ERIC Data Base is reported by the ERIC Processing and Reference Facility. This is a statistical and frequency distribution study encompassing every item in the file whose record contains pagination data in machine readable form. The study provides pagination data that could be used by present and…

Presents a word-based technique for storing natural language text in compact form. The compressed text consists of a dictionary and a text that is a combination of actual running text and pointers to the dictionary. This technique has shown itself to be effective for both text storage and retrieval. (VT)

Nonmetric multidimensional scaling and hierarchical clustering procedures are applied to a confusion matrix of numerals. Two dimensions were interpreted: straight versus curved, and locus of curvature. Four major clusters of numerals were developed. (Author/JKS)

Since a university is an information processing organization, higher education is one of the first societal segments to be affected by the rapid expansion of the information age. Two experts in local area networks (LAN) describe what is needed to make a LAN work in a major university setting. (JN)

An English summary is provided for this French article which describes the first stage of a research project using the Bose, Ghosh and Abraham theory with attributes of multiple values applied to a file containing a large number (10 6) of records. (7 references) (Author/SJ)

This research shows that by submitting samples of the client's recent professional reading material to automatic text analysis, Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI) profiles can be prepared that result in significantly higher initial recall scores than do those prepared by conventional techniques; relevance scores are not significantly…

The criticisms made against chain indexing are reviewed, and PRECIS briefly considered as a possible (but improbable) general substitute for indexing. The failures of chain indexing arise mainly from an overemphasis on generic relationships. The use of symbols to represent relations between terms is suggested for the chain index. (80 references)…

Recent developments and future prospects in the borrowing of biological principles to build problem solving relationships between human intelligence and the information storage and manipulation capacities of computers. Twenty-one references. (LY)

Several aspects of memory development are discussed within the framework of memory research: the development of representational abilities; the development of the propensity to represent; the development of mnemonic strategies; the development of a general information base; the development of familiarity with different types of stimulus…