Selective attention, the ability to focus our cognitive resources on information relevant to our
goals, influences working memory (WM) performance. Indeed, attention and working …

We review the evidence for the 3 principal theoretical contenders that vie to explain why and
how working memory (WM) capacity is limited. We examine the possibility that capacity …

The topic of working memory (WM) is ubiquitous in research on cognitive psychology and on
individual differences. According to one definition, it is a small amount of information kept in …

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 …

Focusing primarily on functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), this article reviews
evidence regarding the roles of subregions of the medial temporal lobes, prefrontal cortex …

The theoretical and practical understanding of cognitive development depends on working
memory, the limited information temporarily accessible for such daily activities as language …

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 …

Whether memories can be suppressed has been a controversial issue in psychology and
cognitive neuroscience for decades. We found evidence that emotional memories are …

Working memory is the cognitive system in charge of the temporary maintenance of
information in view of its on-going processing. Lying at the centre of cognition, it has become …

Working memory is usually defined in cognitive psychology as a system devoted to the
simultaneous processing and maintenance of information. However, although many models …