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Work­ing Memory

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Working memory is a cognitive system with limited capacity that temporarily holds and manipulates information for immediate mental processing. It functions like a brain’s “sticky note” that allows you to briefly retain and work with information while performing cognitive tasks

[Question] Ways to in­crease work­ing mem­ory, and/​or cope with low work­ing mem­ory?

Nicholas / Heather KrossAug 21, 2022, 10:31 PM
29 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

Book Sum­mary: Con­scious­ness and the Brain

Kaj_SotalaJan 16, 2019, 2:43 PM
178 points
20 comments26 min readLW link1 review

[Question] What ex­per­i­ments would demon­strate “up­per limits of aug­mented work­ing mem­ory?”

RaemonAug 15, 2019, 10:09 PM
33 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

Leave No Con­text Be­hind—A Comment

Gunnar_ZarnckeApr 11, 2024, 10:50 PM
18 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

The Power (and limits?) of Chunking

Nicholas / Heather KrossSep 6, 2022, 2:26 AM
8 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Distil­la­tion Ex­per­i­ment: Chunk-Knitting

DirectedEvolutionNov 7, 2022, 7:56 PM
10 points
3 comments6 min readLW link

[Link] - No ev­i­dence of in­tel­li­gence im­prove­ment af­ter work­ing mem­ory training

pinyakaSep 23, 2013, 9:06 PM
6 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Is there a sim­ple pa­ram­e­ter that con­trols hu­man work­ing mem­ory ca­pac­ity, which has been set trag­i­cally low?

LironAug 23, 2019, 10:10 PM
17 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Link: Glial cells shown to be in­volved in work­ing memory

CronoDASJul 20, 2012, 7:08 AM
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11 comments1 min readLW link

Two work­ing mem­o­ries, one on each side of the brain [link]

NancyLebovitzJun 21, 2011, 1:41 PM
19 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Work­ing mem­ory and driving

eugmanJul 20, 2011, 10:55 AM
0 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

One Minute Every Moment

abramdemskiSep 1, 2023, 8:23 PM
125 points
23 comments3 min readLW link

In­crease Your Child’s Work­ing Memory

James_MillerNov 27, 2016, 9:57 PM
8 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

Par­ent­ing Tech­nique: In­crease Your Child’s Work­ing Memory

James_MillerJun 29, 2015, 7:51 PM
20 points
32 comments2 min readLW link

[LINK] A pro­posed up­date model for work­ing mem­ory: mul­ti­ple-com­po­nent framework

tetsuo55Jul 28, 2011, 1:09 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
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