scholarly journals Working Memory in Writing: Empirical Evidence From the Dual-Task Technique

2004 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thierry Olive
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Resource Allocation ◽  
Dual Task ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Writing Processes ◽  
Short Term Storage ◽  
Dual Task Paradigm ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Term Storage

The dual-task paradigm recently played a major role in understanding the role of working memory in writing. By reviewing recent findings in this field of research, this article highlights how the use of the dual-task technique allowed studying the processing and short-term storage functions of working memory involved in writing. With respect to processing functions of working memory (namely, attentional and executive functions), studies investigated resource allocation, step-by-step management, and parallel coordination of the writing processes. With respect to short-term storage in working memory, experiments mainly attempted to test Kellogg's (1996) proposals on the relationship between the writing processes and the slave systems of working memory. The dual-task technique proved fruitful in understanding the relationship between writing and working memory because researchers exploited its major advantage, namely, its flexibility.

The role of inhibition for working memory processes: ERP evidence from a short-term storage task

2017 ◽  
Vol 55 (5) ◽  
pp. e13026 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephan Getzmann ◽  
Edmund Wascher ◽  
Daniel Schneider
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Memory Processes ◽  
Short Term Storage ◽  
Term Storage

Working memory and general intelligence: The role of short-term storage

2005 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 1005-1014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberto Colom ◽  
Carmen Flores-Mendoza ◽  
Ma Ángeles Quiroga ◽  
Jesús Privado
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
General Intelligence ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Short Term Storage ◽  
Term Storage

scholarly journals Disentangling the relationship between working memory and language: The roles of short-term storage and cognitive control

2011 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 569-574 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pascale Marguerite Josiane Engel de Abreu ◽  
Susan Elizabeth Gathercole ◽  
Romain Martin
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Cognitive Control ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Short Term Storage ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Term Storage

Cognitive neuropsychological evidence for common processes underlying generation and storage of language representations

2003 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 747-748
Author(s):  
Nadine Martin
Keyword(s):  
Short Term ◽  
New Directions ◽  
Short Term Storage ◽  
Neuropsychological Evidence ◽  
S Model ◽  
And Storage ◽  
Cognitive Neuropsychological ◽  
Term Storage

Ruchkin et al. offer a compelling case for a model of short-term storage without a separate buffer. Here, I discuss some cognitive neuropsychological data that have been offered in support of and against their model. Additionally, I discuss briefly some new directions in cognitive neuropsychological research that bear on the role of attention in Ruchkin et al.'s model.

Realizing the Now-or-Never bottleneck and Chunk-and-Pass processing with Item-Order-Rank working memories and masking field chunking networks

2016 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Grossberg
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Variable Length ◽  
Neural Models ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Language System ◽  
Item Order ◽  
Short Term Storage ◽  
Term Storage

AbstractChristiansen & Chater's (C&C's) key goals for a language system have been realized by neural models for short-term storage of linguistic items in an Item-Order-Rank working memory, which inputs to Masking Fields that rapidly learn to categorize, or chunk, variable-length linguistic sequences, and choose the contextually most predictive list chunks while linguistic inputs are stored in the working memory.

scholarly journals The electrophysiological underpinnings of variation in verbal working memory capacity

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuri G. Pavlov ◽  
Boris Kotchoubey
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Working Memory Capacity ◽  
Decisive Role ◽  
Verbal Working Memory ◽  
Beta Activity ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Average Complexity ◽  
Short Term Storage ◽  
Term Storage

Abstract Working memory (WM) consists of short-term storage and executive components. We studied cortical oscillatory correlates of these two components in a large sample of 156 participants to assess separately the contribution of them to individual differences in WM. The participants were presented with WM tasks of above-average complexity. Some of the tasks required only storage in WM, others required storage and mental manipulations. Our data indicate a close relationship between frontal midline theta, central beta activity and the executive components of WM. The oscillatory counterparts of the executive components were associated with individual differences in verbal WM performance. In contrast, alpha activity was not related to the individual differences. The results demonstrate that executive components of WM, rather than short-term storage capacity, play the decisive role in individual WM capacity limits.

Role of Selected Encoding Strategies on Short-Term Retention of Kinesthetic Information

1979 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 963-966 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorrie M. Semler ◽  
Roger W. Simmons
Keyword(s):  
Short Term ◽  
Term Retention ◽  
Short Term Storage ◽  
Kinesthetic Information ◽  
Encoding Strategies ◽  
Encoding Strategy ◽  
Term Storage

30 volunteer subjects were required to use either a counting encoding strategy or an imagery encoding strategy to facilitate recall of information from short-term storage. Subjects were also required to use two reproduction cues in combination with two encoding strategies. Analysis indicated no differences between the accuracy at recall of subjects using imagery or counting strategies of encoding, nor was the predicted interaction between encoding strategies and reproduction cue supported.

Short-Term Storage and the Processing of Cohesion during Reading

1986 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 431-460 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beth Fischer ◽  
Murray Glanzer
Keyword(s):  
Distractor Task ◽  
Specific Information ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Efficient Performance ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Short Term Storage ◽  
Thematic Information ◽  
Types Of Information ◽  
Term Storage

Four studies examine the role of short-term storage in the processing of grammatical cohesion devices (reference and conjunction) during reading. They demonstrate that short-term storage carries specific information that resolves reference and conjunction relations demanded by text. They also show that during reading, if short-term storage is unimpaired, these linkages produce smooth, efficient performance. If, however, short-term storage is cleared of its contents with a distractor task, reading is disrupted. The extent of the disruption is determined, in part, by the linkage demands of the text. It is theorized that this occurs because resolution of linkage takes place in short-term storage. Both indirect and direct evidence is also obtained that short-term storage is carrying higher-order thematic information. The first three studies demonstrate that a range of distractor tasks produces the basic results. The fourth study compares the effects of different distractor tasks and permits the specification of different types of information held in short-term storage during reading. A linear model of the process is fitted to the data. It assigns time values to four factors that determine the rate of reading.

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