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

W Engle, Randall; J. Kane, Michael; W. Tuholski, Stephen

doi:10.1017/cbo9781139174909.007

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

Published in Cambridge University Press eBooks • Apr 13, 1999

Authors:

Randall W Engle

Michael J. Kane

Stephen W. Tuholski

Abstract

Working memory is a system consisting of those long-term memory traces active above threshold, the procedures and skills necessary to achieve and maintain that activation, and limited-capacity, controlled attention. The specific features of our model include:

Subject

Working memory

Prefrontal cortex

Cognitive psychology

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