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Working Memory Capacity (Hardcover)
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Working Memory Capacity (Hardcover)
Series: Essays in Cognitive Psychology
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The idea of one's memory "filling up" is a humorous misconception
of how memory in general is thought to work; it is actually has no
capacity limit. However, the idea of a "full brain" makes more
sense with reference to working memory, which is the limited amount
of information a person can hold temporarily in an especially
accessible form for use in the completion of almost any challenging
cognitive task.
This groundbreaking book explains the evidence supporting Cowan's
theoretical proposal about working memory capacity, and compares it
to competing perspectives. Cognitive psychologists profoundly
disagree on how working memory is limited: whether by the number of
units that can be retained (and, if so, what kind of units and how
many?), the types of interfering material, the time that has
elapsed, some combination of these mechanisms, or none of them. The
book assesses these hypotheses and examines explanations of why
capacity limits occur, including vivid biological, cognitive, and
evolutionary accounts. The book concludes with a discussion of the
practical importance of capacity limits in daily life.
Incorporating the latest from the recent surge in research into
working memory capacity limits and the remarkable new insights
provided by neuroimaging techniques, this book serves as an
invaluable resource for all memory researchers and is accessible to
a wide range of readers.
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