I present an account of the origins and development of the multicomponent approach to
working memory, making a distinction between the overall theoretical framework, which has …

Working memory involves the temporary storage and manipulation of information that is
assumed to be necessary for a wide range of complex cognitive activities. In 1974, Baddeley …

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 …

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 …

'Working Memory, Thought, and Action'is the magnum opus of one of the most influential
cognitive psychologists of the past 50 years. This new volume on the model he created (with …

The structure of working memory and its development across the childhood years were
investigated in children 4-15 years of age. The children were given multiple assessments of …

This Classic Edition of the best-selling textbook offers an in-depth overview of approaches to
the study of memory. With empirical research from both the real world and the …

The idea of one's memory" filling up" is a humorous misconception of how memory in
general is thought to work; it is actually has no capacity limit. However, the idea of a" full …

This book evaluates the involvement of working memory in five central aspects of language
processing: vocabulary acquisition, speech production, reading development, skilled …

The authors summarize developments in the concept of working memory as a
multicomponent system, beginning by contrasting this approach with alternative uses of the …