ACT-R resources

A research-grounded path into memory, action, and cognitive architecture.

ACT-R is not a slogan. It is a long-running cognitive architecture research program that helps explain how people retrieve memories, choose actions, and learn through practice. This series builds the idea carefully, then connects it to AI memory design without making claims that software is conscious or human-like.

Start with the introduction

Introduction to ACT-R

Begin with Ebbinghaus, then move through conscious access, preconscious availability, automatic processing, chunks, production rules, activation, and the careful bridge to AI memory.

Read the introduction