Cowan, Nelson

The magical number 4 in short-term memory: A reconsideration of mental storage capacity

Cowan, N. (2001) · Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Cognitive Abilities and TestingMemory Processes and Influences

Cited by 6,779

Chapter 20 What are the differences between long-term, short-term, and working memory?

Cowan, N. (2008) · Progress in Brain Research

Cognitive Abilities and TestingMemory Processes and Influences

Cited by 1,394

The Magical Mystery Four: How Is Working Memory Capacity Limited, and Why?

Cowan, N. (2010) · Current Directions in Psychological Science

Cognitive Abilities and TestingMemory Processes and Influences

Cited by 1,255

On the capacity of attention: Its estimation and its role in working memory and cognitive aptitudes

Cowan, N., Elliott, E. M., Scott Saults, J., Morey, C. C., Mattox, S., Hismjatullina, A., & Conway, A. R. A. (2005) · Cognitive Psychology

Cognitive Abilities and TestingCognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills

Cited by 1,144

A latent variable analysis of working memory capacity, short-term memory capacity, processing speed, and general fluid intelligence

Conway, A. R. A., Cowan, N., Bunting, M. F., Therriault, D. J., & Minkoff, S. R. B. (2002) · Intelligence

Cognitive Abilities and TestingAging and Gerontology Research

Cited by 1,108

The cocktail party phenomenon revisited: The importance of working memory capacity

Conway, A. R. A., Cowan, N., & Bunting, M. F. (2001) · Psychonomic Bulletin & Review

Cognitive Abilities and TestingNeuroscience and Music Perception

Cited by 875

How to measure working memory capacity in the change detection paradigm

Rouder, J. N., Morey, R. D., Morey, C. C., & Cowan, N. (2011) · Psychonomic Bulletin & Review

Cognitive Abilities and TestingNeural and Behavioral Psychology Studies

Cited by 334

Separating cognitive capacity from knowledge: a new hypothesis

Halford, G. S., Cowan, N., & Andrews, G. (2007) · Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Cognitive Abilities and TestingCognitive Science and Education Research

Cited by 324

Working Memory Maturation: Can We Get at the Essence of Cognitive Growth?

Cowan, N. (2016) · Perspectives on Psychological Science

Cognitive Abilities and TestingChild and Animal Learning Development

Cited by 225

Central and peripheral components of working memory storage

Cowan, N., Saults, J. S., & Blume, C. L. (2014) · Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Cognitive Abilities and TestingNeural and Behavioral Psychology Studies

Cited by 156

A consensus-based transparency checklist

Aczel, B., Szaszi, B., Sarafoglou, A., Kekecs, Z., Kucharský, Š., Benjamin, D., Chambers, C. D., Fisher, A., Gelman, A., Gernsbacher, M. A., et al. (2019) · Nature Human Behaviour

Academic Publishing and Open AccessMeta-analysis and systematic reviews

Cited by 152

The structure of working memory in young children and its relation to intelligence

Gray, S., Green, S., Alt, M., Hogan, T., Kuo, T., Brinkley, S., & Cowan, N. (2017) · Journal of Memory and Language

Cognitive Abilities and TestingDevelopmental and Educational Neuropsychology

Cited by 150

Age differences in visual working memory capacity: not based on encoding limitations: Differences in working memory capacity

Cowan, N., AuBuchon, A. M., Gilchrist, A. L., Ricker, T. J., & Saults, J. S. (2011) · Developmental Science

Cognitive Abilities and TestingChild and Animal Learning Development

Cited by 137

Constant Capacity in an Immediate Serial-Recall Task: A Logical Sequel to Miller (1956)

Cowan, N., Chen, Z., & Rouder, J. N. (2004) · Psychological Science

Memory Processes and InfluencesCognitive Abilities and Testing

Cited by 129

Visual and auditory working memory capacity

Cowan, N. (1998) · Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Cognitive Abilities and TestingNeurobiology of Language and Bilingualism

Cited by 127

Working memory profiles of children with dyslexia, developmental language disorder, or both

Gray, S., Fox, A. B., Green†, S., Alt, M., Hogan, T. P., Petscher, Y., & Cowan, N. (2019) · Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Developmental and Educational NeuropsychologyReading and Literacy Development

Cited by 127

How do scientific views change? Notes from an extended adversarial collaboration

Cowan, N., Belletier, C., Doherty, J. M., Jaroslawska, A. J., Rhodes, S., Forsberg, A., Naveh-Benjamin, M., Barrouillet, P., Camos, V., & Logie, R. H. (2020) · Perspectives on Psychological Science

Academic and Historical Perspectives in PsychologyPsychology Research and Bibliometrics

Cited by 89

An Embedded-Processes Approach to Working Memory: How Is It Distinct From Other Approaches, and to What Ends?

Cowan, N., Morey, C. C., & Naveh-Benjamin, M. (2020) · Working Memory

Cognitive Abilities and TestingMemory Processes and Influences

Cited by 67

Short‐Term and Working Memory in Childhood

Cowan, N. (2013) · The Wiley Handbook on the Development of Children's Memory

Cognitive Abilities and TestingChild and Animal Learning Development

Cited by 23