The Role of Working Memory in Language Comprehension and Production

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20 - The Role of Working Memory in Language Comprehension and Production

Evidence from Neuropsychology

from Part IV - First Language Processing

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 July 2022

Rachel Zahn ,

Autumn Horne and

Randi C. Martin

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John W. Schwieter and

Zhisheng (Edward) Wen

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John W. Schwieter: Affiliation:
Wilfrid Laurier University
Zhisheng (Edward) Wen: Affiliation:
Hong Kong Shue Yan University

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This chapter addresses the role of verbal working memory (WM) in language production and comprehension, focusing on data from brain-damaged individuals, while also drawing on related findings from healthy adults. The perspective on WM is the domain-specific model which includes WM buffers that are specific to phonological and semantic information and separate from long-term knowledge in these domains (Marti et al., 2020). Thus, the focus is on the separable contributions of these two buffers to language processes

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working memory domain-specific working memory phonological working memory semantic working memory language production language comprehension neuropsychology

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Information: The Cambridge Handbook of Working Memory and Language , pp. 435 - 458

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108955638.025 [Opens in a new window]

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