Towards a theory of the cognitive processes in computer programming
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The fronto-parietal network overlaps partially with the central executive/working memory system.
“This fronto-parietal network overlaps partially with the so-called central executive/working memory system, which is implicated in a variety of cognitive tasks that involve maintaining and manipulating information in working memory, processes that are part and parcel of understanding and writing code (Brooks, 1977; Duncan, 2010; Letovsky, 1987; Miller and Cohen, 2001; Soloway and Ehrlich, 1984;”
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- Authors
- Brooks, R.
- Corresponding author
- Brooks, Ruven
- Venue
- International Journal of Man-Machine Studies
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1977-11
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 737-751
- ISSN
- 0020-7373 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4249658983
- Cited by
- 222
- References
- 21
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 41 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 10 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 3.12
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- International Journal of Man-Machine Studies (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Science Applications › Teaching and Learning Programming
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Software Engineering Research
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › AI-based Problem Solving and Planning
- Keywords
- cognitive processes, programming
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