SynthesisMemory & cognition2019
The effect of working memory maintenance on long-term memory.
Synthesis in Memory & cognition, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.
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26 citing papers in PubMed.
- The effects of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise on cognitive function in individuals with stroke-induced mild cognitive impairment: a randomized controlled pilot study.Journal of rehabilitation medicine · 2024Trial
- The effect of spatial boundaries on memory in a virtual environment.Memory & cognition · 2026Article
- Visual-manual response selection produces dual-task interference in auditory-verbal memory encoding.Psychological research · 2026Article
- Huh, what did they say again? The influence of task interruption position and workload on auditory-verbal memory performance.Cognitive research: principles and implications · 2026Article
- Long-term effects of working memory retrieval from prioritized and deprioritized states.Communications psychology · 2026Article
- Does Attending to Information in Working Memory Improve Long-Term Memory?Journal of cognition · 2026Article
- Temporal Structure of Item Presentation Modulates Brain Oscillations in Verbal Working Memory.The European journal of neuroscience · 2026Article
- Physical activity indexed using table tennis skills modulates the neural dynamics of involuntary retrieval of negative memories.Experimental brain research · 2024Article
- Persistent activity during working memory maintenance predicts long-term memory formation in the human hippocampus.Neuron · 2024Article
- Oscillatory activity in bilateral prefrontal cortices is altered by distractor strength during working memory processing.NeuroImage · 2024Article
- Delayed memory for complex visual stimuli does not benefit from distraction during encoding.Memory & cognition · 2024Article
- Does value-based prioritization at working memory enhance long-term memory?Memory & cognition · 2024Article
- Active maintenance in working memory reinforces bindings for future retrieval from episodic long-term memory.Memory & cognition · 2024Article
- Persistent activity during working memory maintenance predicts long-term memory formation in the human hippocampus.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- Dimension-based retro-cue benefit in working memory does not require unfocused dimension removal.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Temporal dynamics of oscillatory activity during nonlexical language decoding: Evidence from Morse code and magnetoencephalography.Human brain mapping · 2023Article
- Measuring memory is harder than you think: How to avoid problematic measurement practices in memory research.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2023Review
- The effects of viewing by scrolling on a small screen on the encoding of objects into visual long-term memory.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Adolescent-specific memory effects: evidence from working memory, immediate and long-term recognition memory performance in 8-30 yr olds.Learning & memory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.) · 2022Article
- Gaze dynamics are sensitive to target orienting for working memory encoding in virtual reality.Journal of vision · 2022Article
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Abstract
Initially inspired by the Atkinson and Shiffrin model, researchers have spent a half century investigating whether actively maintaining an item in working memory (WM) leads to improved subsequent long-term memory (LTM). Empirical results have been inconsistent, and thus the answer to the question remains unclear. We present evidence from 13 new experiments as well as a meta-analysis of 61 published experiments. Both the new experiments and meta-analysis show clear evidence that increased WM maintenance of a stimulus leads to superior recognition for that stimulus in subsequent LTM tests. This effect appears robust across a variety of experimental design parameters, suggesting that the variability in prior results in the literature is probably due to low power and random chance. The results support theories on which there is a close link between WM and LTM mechanisms, while challenging claims that this relationship is specific to verbal memory and evolved to support language acquisition.
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