The magical mystery four: How is working memory capacity limited, and why?

N Cowan - Current directions in psychological science, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Working memory storage capacity is important because cognitive tasks can be completed
only with sufficient ability to hold information as it is processed. The ability to repeat …

Working memory underpins cognitive development, learning, and education

N Cowan - Educational psychology review, 2014 - Springer
Working memory is the retention of a small amount of information in a readily accessible
form. It facilitates planning, comprehension, reasoning, and problem solving. I examine the …

Brain drain: The mere presence of one's own smartphone reduces available cognitive capacity

AF Ward, K Duke, A Gneezy… - Journal of the …, 2017 - journals.uchicago.edu
Our smartphones enable—and encourage—constant connection to information,
entertainment, and each other. They put the world at our fingertips, and rarely leave our …

Improving fluid intelligence with training on working memory

SM Jaeggi, M Buschkuehl… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
Fluid intelligence (Gf) refers to the ability to reason and to solve new problems
independently of previously acquired knowledge. Gf is critical for a wide variety of cognitive …

Examining the protective effects of mindfulness training on working memory capacity and affective experience.

AP Jha, EA Stanley, A Kiyonaga, L Wong, L Gelfand - Emotion, 2010 - psycnet.apa.org
We investigated the impact of mindfulness training (MT) on working memory capacity (WMC)
and affective experience. WMC is used in managing cognitive demands and regulating …

Brain health consequences of digital technology use

GW Small, J Lee, A Kaufman, J Jalil… - Dialogues in clinical …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Emerging scientific evidence indicates that frequent digital technology use has a significant
impact—both negative and positive—on brain function and behavior. Potential harmful …

Working memory and fluid intelligence: Capacity, attention control, and secondary memory retrieval

N Unsworth, K Fukuda, E Awh, EK Vogel - Cognitive psychology, 2014 - Elsevier
Several theories have been put forth to explain the relation between working memory (WM)
and gF. Unfortunately, no single factor has been shown to fully account for the relation …

[BOOK][B] The gap: The science of what separates us from other animals

T Suddendorf - 2013 - books.google.com
There exists an undeniable chasm between the capacities of humans and those of animals.
Our minds have spawned civilizations and technologies that have changed the face of the …

The relationship between n-back performance and matrix reasoning—implications for training and transfer

SM Jaeggi, B Studer-Luethi, M Buschkuehl, YF Su… - Intelligence, 2010 - Elsevier
We have previously demonstrated that training on a dual n-back task results in
improvements in fluid intelligence (Gf) as measured by matrix reasoning tasks. Here, we …

The Cattell-Horn-Carroll theory of cognitive abilities

WJ Schneider, KS McGrew - … intellectual assessment: Theories …, 2018 - books.google.com
The Cattell–Horn–Carroll theory of cognitive abilities (CHC theory) is a comprehensive
taxonomy of abilities embedded in multiple overlap** theories of cognition. Like all good …