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working memory  

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  • "Working memory is a cognitive system specifically dedicated to the temporary maintenance and processing of information necessary for the completion of goal-directed tasks controlled by the subject." (Barrouillet & Camos, 2022, p. 45).

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  • • Adams, E. J., Nguyen, A. T., & Cowan, N. (2018). Theories of working memory : Differences in definition, degree of modularity, role of attention, and purpose. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 49(3), 340‑355. https://doi.org/10.1044/2018_LSHSS-17-0114

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  • • Aubin, G., Coyette, F., Pradat-Diehl, P., & Vallat-Azouvi, C. (Eds.). (2007). Neuropsychologie de la mémoire de travail. Solal.

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  • • Baddeley, A.D. (1986). Working memory. Oxford University Press.

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  • • Baddeley, A. D. (2002). Is working memory still working? European Psychologist, 7(2), 85–97. https://doi.org/10.1027//1016-9040.7.2.85

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  • • Baddeley, A. D., & Hitch, G. J. (1974). Mémoire de travail. In G. H. Bower (Ed.), The Psychology of Learning and Motivation (Vol. 8, p. 47-89). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0079-7421(08)60452-1. Traduit dans : Nicolas, S., & Piolino, M. P. (2010). Anthologie de psychologie cognitive de la mémoire : Fonctionnalisme et structuralisme (pp. 107-146). De Boeck Supérieur.

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  • • Baddeley, A. D., & Hitch, G. J. (1974). Working memory. In G. H. Bower (Ed.), The Psychology of Learning and Motivation (Vol. 8, p. 47-89). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0079-7421(08)60452-1

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  • • Baddeley, A. D., Hitch, G. J., & Allen, R. J. (2019). From short-term store to multicomponent working memory: The role of the modal model. Memory & Cognition, 47(4), 575–588. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-018-0878-5

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  • • Barrouillet, P., & Camos, V. (2014). Working memory: Loss and reconstruction. Psychology Press.

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  • • Barrouillet, P., & Camos, V. (2022). La mémoire de travail : Théories, développement et pathologies. Mardaga.

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  • • Chai, W. J., Abd Hamid, A. I., & Abdullah, J. M. (2018). Working memory from the psychological and neurosciences perspectives: A review. Frontiers in Psychology, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00401

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  • • Cowan, N. (2017). The many faces of working memory and short-term storage. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 24(4), 1158‑1170. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-016-1191-6

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  • • Gaonac'h, D., Larigauderie, P. (2000). Mémoire et fonctionnement cognitif : la mémoire de travail. Armand Colin

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  • • Gomez-Lavin, J. (2020). Working memory is not a natural kind and cannot explain central cognition. Review of Philosophy and Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13164-020-00507-4

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  • • Logie, R., Camos, V., & Cowan, N. (Eds.). (2021). Working memory: The state of the science. Oxford University Press.

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  • • Ozimic, A. S. (2020). Working memory from the perspective of the multicomponent model and embedded-processes model. Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems, 18(4), 516–524. https://doi.org/10.7906/indecs.18.4.2

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  • • van den Berg, R., Awh, E., & Ma, W. J. (2014). Factorial comparison of working memory models. Psychological Review, 121(1), 124–149. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0035234 ​

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  • Frank Arnould

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  • • Oberauer, K. (2021, October 18). Benchmarks for Models of Short Term and Working Memory. https://osf.io/g49c6/

Editorial note

  • The term "working memory" is polysemous. The definition proposed by Barrouillet & Camos (2022, p. 45) represents, according to the authors, the common conceptual core of several definitions. For alternative definitions of the term, see Cowan (2017), Adams et al. (2018), and Logie et al. (2021).

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