Abstract Short-term memory (STM), the limited information temporarily in a state of
heightened accessibility, includes just-presented events and recently retrieved information …

The evolution of the concept of a multicomponent working memory is described with
particular reference to the contribution from neuropsychology. Early evidence from patients …

The multicomponent model is assumed to form an important interface between a range of
cognitive processing systems including perception and both episodic and semantic long …

Virtually all theories agreed that if verbal short-term memory was characterized by any single
task, that task was digit span, with longer sequences of digits occupying more of the capacity …

The embedded-processes model (Cowan, 1988, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2005/2016, 2019) is a
simple, graphic, and conceptual model of how information is processed in the human mind …

The author has thought about working memory, not always by that name, since 1969 and
has conducted research on its infant and child development since the same year that the …

There are multiple theories of working memory (WM), many of which are described in the
contributions to this book. A previous, highly influential edited book on WM (Miyake and …

Auditory white noise (WN) is widely used in neuroscience to mask unwanted environmental
noise and cues, eg TMS clicks. However, to date there is no research on the influence of WN …

Microseisms are a continuous source of seismic signal which mainly consist of Rayleigh
waves but are known to contain some other types of seismic waves. We developed a simple …

Working memory as a field of research has long been characterised by productive
development at both the theoretical and practical levels. The multicomponent approach …