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12 - Models of Working Memory: Eight Questions and Some General Issues

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2012

Walter Kintsch
Affiliation:
University of Colorado
Alice F. Healy
Affiliation:
University of Colorado
Mary Hegarty
Affiliation:
University of California
Bruce F. Pennington
Affiliation:
University of Denver
Timothy A. Salthouse
Affiliation:
University of Virginia
Akira Miyake
Affiliation:
University of Colorado, Boulder
Priti Shah
Affiliation:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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Summary

What have we learned about working memory from the 10 models described in this volume (Chapters 2 to 11)? What answers have these models provided for each of the eight questions raised by the editors (Shah & Miyake, Chapter 1), and how do these answers relate to one another? Do seemingly different answers given to the same question really reflect some fundamental differences between the models, or should they be regarded as a difference in emphasis? More generally, how well have these models, as a whole, addressed each of the eight designated questions? Although the answers to these questions can ultimately be obtained by a critical reading of the chapters themselves and careful reflections on these theoretical issues, we hope to help readers with this task by providing systematic, issue-by-issue comparisons among the models of working memory covered in this volume. To this end, we will first analyze and comment on the answers provided by the contributors for each of the designated questions. We will then raise and discuss some general issues that transcend the specific questions.

Analyses of the Answers Provided to the Eight Designated Theoretical Questions

Question 1: Basic Mechanisms and Representations in Working Memory

The first question asked the contributors to outline their view of three mechanisms that provide a basis for working memory processes – the encoding, maintenance, and retrieval mechanisms. The question also asked the contributors to specify their assumptions about the nature of working memory representations.

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Models of Working Memory
Mechanisms of Active Maintenance and Executive Control
, pp. 412 - 441
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 1999

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