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Incorporating semantics and individual differences in models of working memory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2003

Janice M. Keenan ,
Jukka Hyönä  and
Johanna K. Kaakinen
Janice M. Keenan*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Denver, Denver, CO 80208 http://www.du.edu/~jkeenan
Jukka Hyönä*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Turku, FIN-20014 Turku, Finland http://users.utu.fi/hyona/ http://users.utu.fi/johkaa/
Johanna K. Kaakinen*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Turku, FIN-20014 Turku, Finland http://users.utu.fi/hyona/ http://users.utu.fi/johkaa/
*
jkeenan@du.edu
hyona@utu.fi
johkaa@utu.fi
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Abstract:

Ruchkin et al.'s view of working memory as activated long-term memory is more compatible with language processing than models such as Baddeley's, but it raises questions about individual differences in working memory and the validity of domain-general capacity estimates. Does it make sense to refer to someone as having low working memory capacity if capacity depends on particular knowledge structures tapped by the task?

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 26 , Issue 6 , December 2003 , pp. 742
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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