Over the past century, psychologists have discussed whether forgetting might arise from
active mechanisms that promote memory loss to achieve various functions, such as …

Not all memories are equally welcome in awareness. People limit the time they spend
thinking about unpleasant experiences, a process that begins during encoding, but that …

In attempting to make sense of other people, perceivers regularly construct and use
categorical representations to simplify and streamline the person perception process. Noting …

The empirical work reported here is based on a model of cognitive control over the contents
of working memory. Using a variety of tasks, the authors consider 3 major functions of …

“Bigger is better.” So goes the message of many theoretical perspectives on working
memory, views that emphasize working memory as a" mental workspace" which houses the …

This review presents neuroimaging studies that have explored the cerebral substrates of
executive functioning. These studies have demonstrated that different executive functions …

This review presents neuroimaging studies which have explored the cerebral substrates of
the central executive component of the working memory model proposed by Baddeley and …

A major view in cognitive psychology presumes the existence of limits on mental capacity,
limits that vary with circumstances and task demands and that largely determine the …

Human Memory, 4th edition, provides a comprehensive overview of research and theory on
human memory. Written in an engaging style, the book is divided into three sections …

Cognitive control impairments in healthy older adults may partly reflect disturbances in the
ability to actively maintain goal-relevant information, a function that depends on the …