Evolving concepts of working memory / John T.E. Richardson -- The seven ages of working memory / Robert H. Logie -- Working memory and aging : current status of the inhibitory view / Ellen R. Stoltzfus, Lynn Hasher, and Rose T. Zacks -- Working memory and retrieval : an inhibition-resource approach / Randall W. Engle -- Evolving issues in working memory / John T.E. Richardson.
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This new volume in the Counterpoints series compares and contrasts different conceptions of working memory, generally recognized as the mechanism within the human cognitive system that is responsible for the temporary storage and processing of information. This notion has been used in a wide variety of ways, partly because it encapsulates several themes that have appeared in the history of research into human memory and cognition. Consequently, variations in the usage of the term working memory also arise because it is invoked by theorists with different research agendas and perspectives. The.