Working memory: linking capacity with selectivity.
Working memory is one of the most intensively studied psychological processes, but little is known about what distinguishes individuals in their working memory capacity. Recent evidence from electroencephalogram recordings suggests that one crucial component of this variation is our ability to exclude irrelevant information.
MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge, UK.
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Adrian M
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Owen
D004569:Electroencephalography; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000502:physiology; D017397:Prefrontal Cortex / Q000502:physiology