Abstract
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. Working memory has been found to require the simultaneous storage and processing of information. It can be divided into the following three subcomponents: (i) the central executive, which is assumed to be an attentional-controlling system, is important in skills such as chess playing and is particularly susceptible to the effects of Alzheimer's disease; and two slave systems, namely (ii) the visuospatial sketch pad, which manipulates visual images and (iii) the phonological loop, which stores and rehearses speech-based information and is necessary for the acquisition of both native and second-language vocabulary.
Keywords
Baddeley's model of working memoryWorking memoryCognitive psychologyComputer scienceShort-term memoryCognitionLong-term memoryVocabularySketchComprehensionVisual short-term memoryPsychologyLinguisticsNeuroscienceProgramming language
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- 1992
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- 255
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Alan Baddeley
(1992).
Working Memory.
Science
, 255
(5044)
, 556-559.
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1736359
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- 10.1126/science.1736359