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Working memory as a mental workspace: Why activated long-term memory is not enough

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2003

Robert H. Logie  and
Sergio Della Sala
Robert H. Logie*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ Scotland, United Kingdom
Sergio Della Sala*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ Scotland, United Kingdom
*
r.logie@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
sergio@abdn.ac.uk
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Abstract:

Working-memory retention as activated long-term memory fails to capture orchestrated processing and storage, the hallmark of the concept of working memory. The event-related potential (ERP) data are compatible with working memory as a mental workspace that holds and manipulates information on line, which is distinct from long-term memory, and deals with the products of activated traces from stored knowledge.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 26 , Issue 6 , December 2003 , pp. 745 - 746
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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