The mechanisms of working memory capacity: Primary memory, secondary memory, and attention control
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Working memory capacity is limited by storage, duration, and possibly other cognitive mechanisms.
“The capacity of working memory is limited by storage (i.e., only a very small number of information elements can be simultaneously active), duration (i.e., information elements quickly decay unless they are refreshed by rehearsal), and possibly other cognitive mechanisms (Shipstead, Lindsey, Marshall, & Engle, 2014).”
From Bridging Cognitive Load and Self-Regulated Learning Research: A complementary approach to contemporary issues in educational research (2017) · cites this paper as Shipstead, Lindsey, Marshall, & Engle, 2014
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- Authors
- Shipstead, Z., Lindsey, D. R. B., Marshall, R. L., & Engle, R. W.
- Affiliations
- Arizona State University (US)
- Georgia Institute of Technology (US)
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- Corresponding author
- Shipstead, Zach
- Venue
- Journal of Memory and Language
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2014-04
- Volume
- 72
- Pages
- 116-141
- ISSN
- 0749-596X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2155566930
- Cited by
- 330
- References
- 113
- Citations by year
- 2026: 9 · 2025: 16 · 2024: 28 · 2023: 24 · 2022: 17 · 2021: 27 · 2020: 37 · 2019: 25 · 2018: 37 · 2017: 37 · 2016: 39 · 2015: 22 · 2014: 10 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 50.07
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Memory and Language (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Office of Naval Research (N00014-12-1-0406, N00014-12-1-1011)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Abilities and Testing
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Functions and Memory
- Keywords
- working memory capacity, primary memory, secondary memory, attentional control, individual differences, memory retrieval, complex span, fluid intelligence
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