Working Memory

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Working Memory

Basic Characteristics

  • Description

Working memory is most easily defined as our ability to maintain and manipulate information over short periods of time. The term working memory is often refered to as a unitary construct although many professionals agree that working memory is a combination of different component processes. A more comprhensive description of working memory is that it is a system or mechanism where information is represented, maintained, and updated for a short period of time. Here the process of maintaining representation active above the threshold so that the activation of information relevant to the current task can be maintained under the focus of attention is emphasized.

  • History
  • References

Cannon and Keller, 2006. Endophenotypes in the genetic analysis of mental disoders PMID 17716071

Barch and Smith, 2008. The cognitive neuroscience of working memory: Relevance to CNTRICS and Schizophrenia PMID 18400207

Silver et al, 2003. Working memory deficit as a core neuropsychological dysfunction in schizophrenia PMID 14514495

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