Word count: Currently 2,488 words including the main text and abstract (excluding the repetition of the title on the first page of text). Three figures. Working Memory Capacity Limits, Page 2 Working memory storage capacity is important because cognitive tasks can be completed only with sufficient ability to hold information as it is processed. The ability to repeat information depends on task demands but can be distinguished from a more constant, underlying mechanism: a central memory store limited to 3 to 5 meaningful items in young adults. I will discuss why this central limit is important, how it can be observed, how it differs among individuals, and why it may exist. Key words: Working memory capacity limits Central storage capacity li...
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The limited capacity of working memory is a key concept in both classic and contemporary theories of...
The causes of the positive relationship between comprehension and measures of working memory capacit...
Working memory storage capacity is important because cognitive tasks can be completed only with suff...
We review the evidence for various kinds of limit in the capability of working memory, the small amo...
Cowan has written a meticulous and thought-provoking review of the literature on short-term memory. ...
We review the evidence for the 3 principal theoretical contenders that vie to explain why and how wo...
I propose that the capacity of working memory places a specific limit on the maintenance of temporar...
Title from PDF of title page (University of Missouri--Columbia, viewed on June 8, 2012).The entire t...
There exist some estimates of the capacity of human memory. Recent studies have proven the fact that...
Cowan's review shows that a short-term memory limit of four items is consistent with a wide range of...
A well-known characteristic of working memory is its limited capacity. The source of such limitation...
The question ‘what is working memory capacity?’ can be approached from the individual-differences an...
Free recall consists of two separate stages: the emptying of working memory and reactivation [1]. Th...
Working memory capacity is often measured using a color change detection task (A). In this type of t...
Why can your brain store a lifetime of experiences but process only a few thoughts at once? In this ...
The limited capacity of working memory is a key concept in both classic and contemporary theories of...
The causes of the positive relationship between comprehension and measures of working memory capacit...
Working memory storage capacity is important because cognitive tasks can be completed only with suff...
We review the evidence for various kinds of limit in the capability of working memory, the small amo...
Cowan has written a meticulous and thought-provoking review of the literature on short-term memory. ...
We review the evidence for the 3 principal theoretical contenders that vie to explain why and how wo...
I propose that the capacity of working memory places a specific limit on the maintenance of temporar...
Title from PDF of title page (University of Missouri--Columbia, viewed on June 8, 2012).The entire t...
There exist some estimates of the capacity of human memory. Recent studies have proven the fact that...
Cowan's review shows that a short-term memory limit of four items is consistent with a wide range of...
A well-known characteristic of working memory is its limited capacity. The source of such limitation...
The question ‘what is working memory capacity?’ can be approached from the individual-differences an...
Free recall consists of two separate stages: the emptying of working memory and reactivation [1]. Th...
Working memory capacity is often measured using a color change detection task (A). In this type of t...
Why can your brain store a lifetime of experiences but process only a few thoughts at once? In this ...
The limited capacity of working memory is a key concept in both classic and contemporary theories of...
The causes of the positive relationship between comprehension and measures of working memory capacit...