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Richard C. Atkinson

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Richard Chatham Atkinson, born on March 19, 1929, is an American professor of cognitive science and psychology. He served as the 17th president of the University of California, as the 5th chancellor of the University of California, San Diego, and as the 5th director of the National Science Foundation. The Atkinson and Shiffrin model, also known as the multi-store model or modal model of memory, was proposed in 1968 by Atkinson and Richard Shiffrin.

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Richard Chatham Atkinson (born March 19, 1929) is an American professor of cognitive science and psychology.
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He served as the 17th president of the University of California, as the 5th chancellor of the University of California, San Diego, and as the 5th director of the National Science Foundation.
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The Atkinson-Shiffrin model (also known as the multi-store model or modal model) is a model of memory proposed in 1968 by Richard Atkinson and Richard Shiffrin.
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