In subject area: Psychology Working memory (WM) is conceptualized as the ability to store, manipulate, and integrate information for a very short amount of time. From: Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 2015 About this pageSet alert On this page Definition Chapters and Articles...
Nelson Cowan, in Psychology of Learning and Motivation, 2021 3.2 Working memory training Given the importance of working memory limitations, the idea of improving it is appealing. Modern attempts to “train” working memory initially appeared promising (for instance in children with ADHD; Klingberg,...
Experts say working memory is among the 'most important things teachers should know'. So what is working memory and how does it work in practice? Find out here.
The neuroanatomy underlying beliefs about the environment is crucial for a biologically grounded understanding of the processes by which these beliefs are formed and evolve. Three important aspects of the anatomy will be covered here, as they relate closely to attention and working memory. First the ...
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Find out why practice is the key to developing fluent maths skills and how instant recall of maths facts overcomes the bottleneck of working memory.
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Improving fluid intelligence with training on working memory Susanne M. Jaeggi*†‡, Martin Buschkuehl*†‡, John Jonides*, and Walter J. Perrig† *Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, East Hall, 530 Church Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1043; and †Department of ...
This test, like other tests related to working memory, measures the number of items that can be retained and recalled (memory span). In this study, a standard computerized version of the task, which is available in The Psychology Experiment Building Language (PEBL) [41], was used. Nine ...
Together, these results suggest that although mood and emotional content do have a robust effect on working memory, in some instances combining them does not heighten their individual effects. Moreover, the results also show that participants might be easily distracted from moods by simply performing...