scholarly journals From short-term store to multicomponent working memory: The role of the modal model

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 575-588 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan D. Baddeley ◽  
Graham J. Hitch ◽  
Richard J. Allen
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Modal Model

Nothing left in store . . . but how do we measure attentional capacity?

2001 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 132-133
Author(s):  
Sergio Morra
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Procedural Knowledge ◽  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Memory Development ◽  
Compelling Evidence ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Term Memory ◽  
Focal Attention ◽  
And Storage

I compare the concepts of “activation” and “storage” as foundations of short-term memory, and suggest that an attention-based view of STM does not need to posit specialized short-term stores. In particular, no compelling evidence supports the hypothesis of time-limited stores. Identifying sources of activation, examining the role of activated procedural knowledge, and studying working memory development are central issues in modelling capacity-limited focal attention.

Aptitude and pedagogical conditions in the early development of a nonprimary language

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 679-701 ◽  
Author(s):  
BEATRIZ LADO
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Early Development ◽  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Term Memory ◽  
Initial Learning ◽  
Grammatical Sensitivity ◽  
Rote Memory

ABSTRACTThe article summarizes results from a study investigating the role of aptitude on initial learning of Latin morphosyntax. The study includes two different computerized conditions: with or without metalinguistic information, provided during input-based practice with right/wrong feedback. Four aptitude measures were included: linguistic analytic ability, rote memory, working memory, and phonological short-term memory. The results revealed that linguistic analytic ability gave learners an advantage under the metalinguistic information condition when processing sentences for meaning, although only working memory (and rote memory to a lesser extent) had a role in development of grammatical sensitivity to the form. In contrast, except rote memory in immediate aural interpretation, none of the aptitude measures predicted learning under the nonmetalinguistic information condition.

scholarly journals The Crucial Role of Working Memory in Intellectual Functioning

2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 260-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cesare Cornoldi ◽  
David Giofrè
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Active Component ◽  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Memory Training ◽  
Cognitive Mechanisms ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Intellectual Performance ◽  
The Relationship

Cognitive psychology offers an important contribution to the understanding of the mechanisms underlying intelligence. In this paper, we synthesize the research showing that, among the different cognitive mechanisms associated with intelligence, working memory has a particularly high explanatory power, especially when considered in its active component involving not only the maintenance (as in short-term memory) but also the manipulation of information. The paper considers two main implications of this finding for the applied and clinical fields. For a start, we examine how intelligence tests take into consideration working memory. Secondly, we consider the highly debated literature on the effects of working memory training on intellectual performance. Theoretical and applied implications for the relationship between working memory and intelligence are discussed.

Visual Working Memory Is Impaired when the Medial Temporal Lobe Is Damaged

2006 ◽  
Vol 18 (7) ◽  
pp. 1087-1097 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingrid R. Olson ◽  
Katherine Sledge Moore ◽  
Marianna Stark ◽  
Anjan Chatterjee
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Medial Temporal Lobe ◽  
Memory Load ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Medial Temporal Lobes ◽  
Temporal Lobes ◽  
Impaired Memory ◽  
Rehearsal Strategies ◽  
Verbal Component

The canonical description of the role of the medial temporal lobes (MTLs) in memory is that short-term forms of memory (e.g., working memory [WM]) are spared when the MTL is damaged, but longer term forms of memory are impaired. Tests used to assess this have typically had a heavy verbal component, potentially allowing explicit rehearsal strategies to maintain the WM trace over the memory delay period. Here we test the hypothesis that the MTL is necessary for visual WM when verbal rehearsal strategies are difficult to implement. In three patients with MTL damage we found impairments in spatial, face, and color WM, at delays as short as 4 sec. Impaired memory could not be attributed to memory load or perceptual problems. These findings suggest that the MTLs are critical for accurate visual WM.

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

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.

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