The present meta-analysis aimed to quantify sex differences in verbal working memory and
to examine potential moderators of these differences. We examined 802 effect sizes from …

In an influential article, Jones et al.(1995) provide evidence that auditory distraction by
changing relative to repetitive auditory distracters (the changing-state effect) did not differ …

Working memory (WM) is often tested through immediate serial recall of word lists.
Performance in such tasks is negatively influenced by phonological similarity: People more …

Recall performance in working memory (WM) is strongly affected by the similarity between
items. When asked to encode and recall list of items in their serial order, people confuse …

The production effect relates to the better memory of words read aloud during a study phase
compared to silently read items. Here, we examined the production effect for memory over …

Background Cognitive impairment frequently affects people with multiple sclerosis (MS).
Low vitamin D has been associated with cognitive dysfunction in different …

The production effect is a well-established finding: If some words within a list are read aloud,
that is, produced, they are better remembered than their silently read neighbors. The effect …

In an immediate memory task, when participants are asked to recall list items in reverse
order, benchmark memory phenomena found with more typical forward recall are not …

In the verbal domain, it is well established that words read aloud are better remembered
than their silently read counterparts. It has been hypothesized that this production effect …

Creative idea generation engages complex cognitive functions such as working memory
capacity (WMC). The relationship between creativity and WMC has remained inconsistent …