Working memory is the small amount of information that can be kept accessible or “kept in
mind” in the service of ongoing cognitive activity. It is of key importance in language …

The theoretical and practical understanding of cognitive development depends on working
memory, the limited information temporarily accessible for such daily activities as language …

Working memory refers to ideas that are thought of, or made available to the mind, just when
they are needed in order to carry out a mental task or solve a problem. This chapter …

Working memory is a dynamic and evolving area of psychological research. It combines
fundamental research into adults' performance, with developmental perspectives as well as …

This chapter discusses the development of working memory as children grow up. We shall
argue that working memory is an important resource for acquiring and performing cognitive …

Publisher Summary This chapter examines the development of working memory between
the age of 7 years and adulthood. The information in working memory can come from the …

Working memory can be described as the small amount of information held in a readily
accessible state, available to help in the completion of cognitive tasks. There has been …

We are cognitive psychologists whose main interests lie in the basic mental processes that
underpin working memory. The simple question that has motivated our work for some time …

Working memory is the retention of a small amount of information in a readily accessible
form. It facilitates planning, comprehension, reasoning, and problem solving. I examine the …

This paper is a set of reflections on Kemps, De Rammelaere, and Desmet's article (2000,
this issue), in which the two models by Baddeley and Pascual-Leone are compared. First …