What are the differences between long-term, short-term, and working memory?

N Cowan - Progress in brain research, 2008 - Elsevier
In the recent literature there has been considerable confusion about the three types of
memory: long-term, short-term, and working memory. This chapter strives to reduce that …

Evolving conceptions of memory storage, selective attention, and their mutual constraints within the human information-processing system.

N Cowan - Psychological bulletin, 1988 - psycnet.apa.org
The purpose of this review is to formulate a revised model of information processing that
takes into account recent research on memory storage, selective attention, effortful versus …

The magical number 4 in short-term memory: A reconsideration of mental storage capacity

N Cowan - Behavioral and brain sciences, 2001 - cambridge.org
Miller (1956) summarized evidence that people can remember about seven chunks in short-
term memory (STM) tasks. However, that number was meant more as a rough estimate and …

[图书][B] Human memory: Theory and practice

AD Baddeley - 1997 - books.google.com
This new edition of Human Memory: Theory and Practice contains all the chapters of the
previous edition (unchanged in content) plus three new chapters. The first edition was …

What memory is for

AM Glenberg - Behavioral and brain sciences, 1997 - cambridge.org
Let's start from scratch in thinking about what memory is for, and consequently, how it works.
Suppose that memory and conceptualization work in the service of perception and action. In …

A distributed representation of temporal context

MW Howard, MJ Kahana - Journal of mathematical psychology, 2002 - Elsevier
The principles of recency and contiguity are two cornerstones of the theoretical and
empirical analysis of human memory. Recency has been alternatively explained by …

The nature of individual differences in working memory capacity: active maintenance in primary memory and controlled search from secondary memory.

N Unsworth, RW Engle - Psychological review, 2007 - psycnet.apa.org
Studies examining individual differences in working memory capacity have suggested that
individuals with low working memory capacities demonstrate impaired performance on a …

[图书][B] Memory in oral traditions: The cognitive psychology of epic, ballads, and counting-out rhymes

DC Rubin - 1995 - books.google.com
Long studied by anthropologists, historians, and linguists, oral traditions have provided a
wealth of fascinating insights into unique cultural customs that span the history of …

One hundred years of forgetting: A quantitative description of retention.

DC Rubin, AE Wenzel - Psychological review, 1996 - psycnet.apa.org
A sample of 210 published data sets were assembled that (a) plotted amount remembered
versus time,(b) had 5 or more points, and (c) were smooth enough to fit at least 1 of the …

A temporal ratio model of memory.

GDA Brown, I Neath, N Chater - Psychological review, 2007 - psycnet.apa.org
A model of memory retrieval is described. The model embodies 4 main claims:(a) temporal
memory—traces of items are represented in memory partly in terms of their temporal …