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A neurophysioiogical account of working memory limits: Between-item segregation and within-chunk integration

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2001

Antonino Raffone ,
Gezinus Wolters  and
Jacob M. Murre
Antonino Raffone
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” I 00185 Rome, Italyraffone@uniromal.it
Gezinus Wolters
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Leiden University, 2300 RB Leiden, The Netherlandswolters@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
Jacob M. Murre
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, 1010 WB Amsterdam, The Netherlandsjaap@murre.org
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Abstract

We suggest a neurophysiological account of the short-term memory capacity limit based on a model of visual working memory (Raffone & Wolters, in press). Simulations have revealed a critical capacity limit of about four independent patterns. The model mechanisms may be applicable to working memory in general and they allow a reinterpretation of some of the issues discussed by Cowan.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 24 , Issue 1 , February 2001 , pp. 139 - 141
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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