There are a number of ways one can hope to describe and explain cognitive abilities, each
of them contributing a unique and valuable perspective. Cognitive psychology tries to …

Publisher Summary This chapter focuses on working memory (WM). There are two types of
memory system: short-term memory (STM) and long-term memory (LTM) system. The …

Our capacity to re-experience the past and simulate the future is thought to depend heavily
on visual imagery, which allows us to construct complex sensory representations in the …

A visual short-term memory task was more strongly disrupted by visual than spatial
interference, and a spatial memory task was simultaneously more strongly disrupted by …

From the conception of Baddeley's visuospatial sketchpad, visual working memory and
visual attention have been closely linked concepts. An attractive model has advocated unity …

Investigations of the cognitive processes involved in adults' mental arithmetic have shown
the importance of phonological rather than visual codes in performance (eg Logie, Gilhooly …

Visual working memory provides an essential link between past and future events. Despite
recent efforts, capacity limits, their genesis and the underlying neural structures of visual …

It is shown that visuo-spatial working memory is better characterized as processes operating
on sensory information (visual appearance) and on spatial location (environmental …

Publisher Summary This chapter provides a broad overview of some current theoretical
arguments regarding working memory, focusing particularly on visuospatial cognition. It also …

How much we can actively hold in mind is severely limited and differs greatly from one
person to the next. Why some individuals have greater capacities than others is largely …