What Is Left Unsaid About Semantic, Episodic and Working Memory: L2 Cognitive Control Accounts for Individual Differences and Gender Differences

Individual Differences in Memory 1 Individual Differences in Episodic Memory

Working Memory Delay Activity Predicts Individual Differences in Cognitive Abilities

A great deal of prior research has examined the relation between estimates of working memory and cognitive abilities. Yet, the neural mechanisms that account for these relations are still not very well understood. The current study explored whether individual differences in working memory delay activity would be a significant predictor of cognitive abilities. A large number of participants perf...

Cognitive neuroscience approaches to Individual Differences in Working Memory and Executive Control: Conceptual and Methodological Issues

Frequent cognitive activity compensates for education differences in episodic memory.

OBJECTIVES To test the hypothesis that frequent participation in cognitive activities can moderate the effects of limited education on cognitive functioning. DESIGN A national study of adult development and aging, Midlife in the United States, with assessments conducted at the second wave of measurement in 2004-2006. SETTING Assessments were made over the telephone (cognitive measures) and ...

Individual Differences in Working Memory Capacity and Temporal Discrimination

Temporal judgment in the milliseconds-to-seconds range depends on consistent attention to time and robust working memory representation. Individual differences in working memory capacity (WMC) predict a wide range of higher-order and lower-order cognitive abilities. In the present work we examined whether WMC would predict temporal discrimination. High-WMC individuals were more sensitive than l...