Working Memory: Linking Capacity with Selectivity

نویسندگان

  • Daniel Bor
  • Adrian M. Owen
چکیده

Working memory is one of the most intensively studied psychological processes, but little is known about what distinguishes individuals in their working memory capacity. Recent evidence from electroencephalogram recordings suggests that one crucial component of this variation is our ability to exclude irrelevant information.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Current Biology

دوره 16  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2006