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Working Memory and Human Cognition (Hardcover)
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Working Memory and Human Cognition (Hardcover)
Series: Counterpoints: Cognition, Memory, and Language
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This new volume in the Counterpoints series compares and contrasts
different conceptions of working memory, generally recognized as
the human cognitive system responsible for temporary storage of
information. The book includes proponents of several different
views. Robert Logie discusses the theoretical and empirical utility
of separating working memory into an articulatory loop, a
phonological store, and a visuo-spatial sketchpad into visual and
spatial subsystems. Patricia Carpenter provides evidence for a
process view of working memory, arguing that both task-specific
processing and general processing capabilities can account for the
full range of working memory phenomena. She focuses on findings
from reading comprehension and memory tasks suggesting that working
memory is used to represent the set of skills and strategies
necessary for complex tasks, while retaining residual capacity for
use as a storage buffer. Lynn Hasher argues in favor of the new
inhibitory model, with evidence drawn from the literature on aging
and pathology that demonstrates parallels between memory disorders
and normal memory functioning. Randall Engle addresses the issue of
whether working memory resources are required for retrieval of
information or whether that task is relatively automatic. Engle's
empirical studies, in turn, bear directly on the positions of
Carpenter, Hasher, and Logie. As interest in working memory is
increasing at a rapid pace, an open discussion of the central
issues involved is both useful and timely. This work serves this
purpose for a wide audience of cognitive psychologists and their
students.
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