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Hidden operators of mental attention applying on LTM give the illusion of a separate working memory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2005

Juan Pascual-Leone
Juan Pascual-Leone*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3, Canadawww.psych.yorku.ca/people/faculty/pasleone.htm
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juanpl@yorku.ca
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Abstract:

The authors' results support a functionalist conception of working memory: a manifold repertoire of schemes/schemas (long-term memory) and a small set of general-purpose “hidden operators.” Using some of these operators I define mental (i.e., endogenous) attention. Then, analyzing two of the authors' unexplained important findings, I illustrate the mental-attention model's explanatory power. Multivariate methodology that varies developmental, task differences, and individual differences is recommended.

Type
Continuing Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 27 , Issue 5 , October 2004 , pp. 709 - 711
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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Footnotes

Commentary onDaniel S. Ruchkin, Jordan Grafman, Katherine Cameron, & Rita S. Berndt (2003). Working memory retention systems: A state of activated long-term memory. BBS 26(6):709–777.

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