ReviewLanguage, speech, and hearing services in schools2018
Theories of Working Memory: Differences in Definition, Degree of Modularity, Role of Attention, and Purpose.
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Study on the cognitive effects of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: proposed active mechanisms.Frontiers in computational neuroscience · 2026Article
- The role of working memory for learning with context-personalized tasks in elementary school.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Spatial-positional association of response codes is modulated by the number of items in working memory.Memory & cognition · 2025Article
- The critical dimension of memory engrams and an optimal number of senses.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Working memory capacity and rumination in adults who stutter.Journal of fluency disorders · 2025Article
- Load effect of visual working memory on distractor interference: An investigation with two replication experiments.Memory & cognition · 2025Article
- Computational modeling of attractor-based neural processes involved in the preparation of voluntary actions.Cognitive neurodynamics · 2024Article
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- A maturational frequency discrimination deficit may explain developmental language disorder.Psychological review · 2024Article
- The effects of working memory training on attention deficit, adaptive and non-adaptive cognitive emotion regulation of Chinese children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).BMC psychology · 2024Article
- Preoperative subjective impairments in language and memory in brain tumor patients.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Article
- Is variability in working memory capacity related to differences in the reactivation of memory traces? A test based on the time-based resource sharing (TBRS) model.Attention, perception & psychophysics · 2023Article
- The Contribution of Visual and Auditory Working Memory and Non-Verbal IQ to Motor Multisensory Processing in Elementary School Children.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- Functional near-infrared spectroscopy measures of neural activity in children with and without developmental language disorder during a working memory task.Brain and behavior · 2023Article
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- Under-resourced or overloaded? Rethinking working memory deficits in developmental language disorder.Psychological review · 2022Article
- The role of attention control in complex real-world tasks.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2022Review
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Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to review and discuss theories of working memory with special attention to their relevance to language processing. Method: We begin with an overview of the concept of working memory itself and review some of the major theories. Then, we show how theories of working memory can be organized according to their stances on 3 major issues that distinguish them: modularity (on a continuum from domain-general to very modular), attention (on a continuum from automatic to completely attention demanding), and purpose (on a continuum from idiographic, or concerned with individual differences, to nomothetic, or concerned with group norms). We examine recent research that has a bearing on these distinctions. Results: Our review shows important differences between working memory theories that can be described according to positions on the 3 continua just noted. Conclusion: Once properly understood, working memory theories, methods, and data can serve as quite useful tools for language research.
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