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Musicians have better memory than nonmusicians: A meta-analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Background Several studies have found that musicians perform better than nonmusicians in memory tasks, but this is not always the case, and the strength of this apparent advantage is unknown.
Altoe', Gianmarco   +3 more
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Semantic Working Memory Predicts Sentence Comprehension Performance: A Case Series Approach

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2022
Sentence comprehension involves maintaining and continuously integrating linguistic information and, thus, makes demands on working memory (WM). Past research has demonstrated that semantic WM, but not phonological WM, is critical for integrating word ...
Autumn Horne   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Working memory test battery for young adults: Computerized working memory assessment. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2017
This study developed a battery of computerized working memory (WM) tests and a scoring system suitable for young adult users. The tests comprised five classic tasks derived from Baddeley's model of WM, reflecting each of the five WM functions.
Liang Ma   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

How are patterned movements stored in working memory?

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2023
IntroductionIn this study, the change detection paradigm was used to study the working memory of patterned movements and the relationship of this type of memory with the visuospatial sketchpad in three experiments.MethodsExperiment 1 measured ...
Congchong Li   +11 more
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When Working Memory May Be Just Working, not Memory

open access: yesPsychological Review, 2022
The N-back task is often considered to be a canonical example of a task that relies on working memory (WM), requiring both maintenance of representations of previously-presented stimuli and also processing of these representations. In particular, the set-size effect in this task (e.g., poorer performance on 3-back than 2-back judgments), as in others ...
Andre Beukers   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Memory-work

open access: yesPsyke & Logos, 2008
Memory work is a method for feminist social research. It combines the advantages of consciousness raising groups with the strength of theoretical analysis. It is in fact work with one 's own memory guided by theory. Thus it is a challenge for the personalities involved.
Niamh Stephenson, Susan Kippax
openaire   +2 more sources

The Time-Based Resource-Sharing Model of Working Memory

open access: yesWorking Memory, 2020
The time-based resource-sharing model considers working memory as the workspace in which mental representations are built, maintained, and transformed for completing goal-oriented tasks.
P. Barrouillet, V. Camos
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Working memory. [PDF]

open access: yesCurrent Biology, 1992
The term working memory refers to a brain system that provides temporary storage and manipulation of the information necessary for such complex cognitive tasks as language comprehension, learning, and reasoning. This definition has evolved from the concept of a unitary short-term memory system.
openaire   +4 more sources

Towards the correlation of working memory and incidental vocabulary learning [PDF]

open access: yesSHS Web of Conferences, 2023
Working memory means a lot in incidental vocabulary learning and retention. The present study examines the correlation between two types of working memory—complex working memory and phonological short-term memory—and incidental vocabulary learning from ...
He Fang
doaj   +1 more source

Turning the mind’s eye inward: the interplay between selective attention and working memory [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Historically, cognitive sciences have considered selective attention and working memory as largely separated cognitive functions. That is, selective attention as a concept is typically reserved for the processes that allow for the prioritization of ...
Abrahamse, Elger   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

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