Models of Working Memory: Mechanisms of Active Maintenance and Executive Control

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Models of Working Memory

Mechanisms of Active Maintenance and Executive Control

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Working memory is currently a 'hot' topic in cognitive psychology and neuroscience. Because of their radically different scopes and emphases, however, comparing different models and theories and understanding how they relate to one another has been a difficult task. This volume offers a much-needed forum for systematically comparing and contrasting existing models of working memory. It does so by asking each contributor to address the same comprehensive set of important theoretical questions on working memory. The answers to these questions provided in the volume elucidate the emerging general consensus on the nature of working memory among different theorists and crystallize incompatible theoretical claims that must be resolved in future research. As such, this volume serves not only as a milestone that documents the state-of-the-art in the field but also as a theoretical guidebook that will likely promote new lines of research and more precise and comprehensive models of working memory.

‘The theories are highly diverse in content and terminology … The book is recommended for anyone who strives to remain current in the neurosciences … provides an innovative strategy for comparing theory that can be emulated in other areas … it will stimulate advanced conceptualization of brain functioning.’

Source: Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Contents
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List of Contributors
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Dedication
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Preface
pp xiii-xvii
- By Janice Keenan
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Ode on Working Memory
pp xviii-xviii
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Acknowledgments
pp xix-xx
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1 - Models of Working Memory: An Introduction
pp 1-27
- By Priti Shah, University of Michigan, Akira Miyake, University of Colorado
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2 - Working Memory: The Multiple-Component Model
pp 28-61
- By Alan D. Baddeley, University of Bristol, Robert H. Logie, University of Aberdeen
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3 - An Embedded-Processes Model of Working Memory
pp 62-101
- By Nelson Cowan, University of Missouri
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4 - Individual Differences in Working Memory Capacity and What They Tell Us About Controlled Attention, General Fluid Intelligence, and Functions of the Prefrontal Cortex
pp 102-134
- By Randall W. Engle, Georgia Institute of Technology, Michael J. Kane, Georgia Institute of Technology, Stephen W. Tuholski, University at Edwardsville
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5 - Modeling Working Memory in a Unified Architecture: An ACT-R Perspective
pp 135-182
- By Marsha C. Lovett, Carnegie Mellon University, Lynne M. Reder, Carnegie Mellon University, Christian Lebiere, Carnegie Mellon University
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6 - Insights into Working Memory from the Perspective of the EPIC Architecture for Modeling Skilled Perceptual-Motor and Cognitive Human Performance
pp 183-223
- By David E. Kieras, University of Michigan, David E. Meyer, University of Michigan, Shane Mueller, University of Michigan, Travis Seymour, University of California
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7 - The Soar Cognitive Architecture and Human Working Memory
pp 224-256
- By Richard M. Young, University of Hertfordshire, Richard L. Lewis, University of Michigan
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8 - Long-Term Working Memory as an Alternative to Capacity Models of Working Memory in Everyday Skilled Performance
pp 257-297
- By K. Anders Ericsson, Florida State University, Peter F. Delaney, University of Florida
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9 - Interacting Cognitive Subsystems: Modeling Working Memory Phenomena Within a Multiprocessor Architecture
pp 298-339
- By Philip J. Barnard, Cambridge CB2 2EF
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10 - Working Memory in a Multilevel Hybrid Connectionist Control Architecture (CAP2)
pp 340-374
- By Walter Schneider, University of Pittsburgh
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11 - A Biologically Based Computational Model of Working Memory
pp 375-411
- By Randall C. O'Reilly, University of Colorado, Todd S. Braver, Washington University, Jonathan D. Cohen, Princeton University
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12 - Models of Working Memory: Eight Questions and Some General Issues
pp 412-441
- By Walter Kintsch, University of Colorado, Alice F. Healy, University of Colorado, Mary Hegarty, University of California, Bruce F. Pennington, University of Denver, Timothy A. Salthouse, University of Virginia
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13 - Toward Unified Theories of Working Memory: Emerging General Consensus, Unresolved Theoretical Issues, and Future Research Directions
pp 442-482
- By Akira Miyake, University of Colorado, Priti Shah, University of Michigan
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Name Index
pp 483-493
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Subject Index
pp 494-506
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

List of Contributors
pp vii-xi

Dedication
pp xii-xii

Preface
pp xiii-xvii

Ode on Working Memory
pp xviii-xviii

Acknowledgments
pp xix-xx

1 - Models of Working Memory: An Introduction
pp 1-27

2 - Working Memory: The Multiple-Component Model
pp 28-61

3 - An Embedded-Processes Model of Working Memory
pp 62-101

4 - Individual Differences in Working Memory Capacity and What They Tell Us About Controlled Attention, General Fluid Intelligence, and Functions of the Prefrontal Cortex
pp 102-134

5 - Modeling Working Memory in a Unified Architecture: An ACT-R Perspective
pp 135-182

6 - Insights into Working Memory from the Perspective of the EPIC Architecture for Modeling Skilled Perceptual-Motor and Cognitive Human Performance
pp 183-223

7 - The Soar Cognitive Architecture and Human Working Memory
pp 224-256

8 - Long-Term Working Memory as an Alternative to Capacity Models of Working Memory in Everyday Skilled Performance
pp 257-297

9 - Interacting Cognitive Subsystems: Modeling Working Memory Phenomena Within a Multiprocessor Architecture
pp 298-339

10 - Working Memory in a Multilevel Hybrid Connectionist Control Architecture (CAP2)
pp 340-374

11 - A Biologically Based Computational Model of Working Memory
pp 375-411

12 - Models of Working Memory: Eight Questions and Some General Issues
pp 412-441

13 - Toward Unified Theories of Working Memory: Emerging General Consensus, Unresolved Theoretical Issues, and Future Research Directions
pp 442-482

Name Index
pp 483-493

Subject Index
pp 494-506

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