title: Working memory: theories, models, and controversies.
abstract: I present an account of the origins and development of the multicomponent approach to working memory, making a distinction between the overall theoretical framework, which has remained relatively stable, and the attempts to build more specific models within this framework. I follow this with a brief discussion of alternative models and their relationship to the framework. I conclude with speculations on further developments and a comment on the value of attempting to apply models and theories beyond the laboratory studies on which they are typically based.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of York, United Kingdom. ab50@york.ac.uk
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baddeley
mesh_terms: D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology; D056344:Executive Function / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008570:Memory, Short-Term / Q000502:physiology*; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011582:Psychological Theory