Variation in working memory / edited by Andrew R.A. Conway ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Conway, Andrew R. A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Short-term memory.

Physical Description:

xix, 321 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Contents:

1 Variation in working memory: An introduction / Andrew R. A. Conway, Christopher Jarrold, Michael J. Kane, Akira Miyake, John N. Towse 1

Part I Working memory variation reflecting normal inter- and intra-individual differences

2 Variation in working memory capacity as variation in executive attention and control / Michael J. Kane, Andrew R. A. Conway, David Z. Hambrick, Randall W. Engle 21

3 Individual differences in working memory capacity and reasoning ability / Klaus Oberauer, Heinz-Martin Sue[Beta], Oliver Wilhelm, Nicolas Sander 49

4 Explaining the many varieties of working memory variation: Dual mechanisms of cognitive control / Todd S. Braver, Jeremy R. Gray, Gregory C. Burgess 76

Part II Working memory variation due to normal and atypical development

5 Variation in working memory due to normal development / John N. Towse, Graham J. Hitch 109

6 Variation in working memory due to typical and atypical development / Christopher Jarrold, Donna M. Bayliss 134

7 Developmental and computational approaches to variation in working memory / Yuko Munakata, J. Bruce Morton, Randall C. O'Reilly 162

8 Variation in working memory across the life span / Sandra Hale, Joel Myerson, Lisa J. Emery, Bonnie M. Lawrence, Carolyn DuFault 194

Part III Working memory variation due to normal and pathological aging

9 Inhibitory mechanisms and the control of attention / Lynn Hasher, Cindy Lustig, Rose Zacks 227

10 The executive is central to working memory; Insights from age, performance, and task variations / Patricia A. Reuter-Lorenz, John Jonides 250

11 Specialized verbal working memory for language comprehension / David Caplan, Gloria Waters, Gayle DeDe 272.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0195168631

9780195168631

OCLC:

65301857

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