The Role of Recoding

• Recoding is the process of reorganizing information into fewer chunks with more bits of information per chunk (e.g. the process of learning Morse code).
• This is a form of compilation in AI jargon.
• Experiments in recalling long strings of binary digits shows nearly linear improvement with chunk size.
• We remember events by creating a verbal recoding of the event, and then elaborate off of this coded version (accounts for variations in witness testimony).