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disposition > cognition > memory > working memory > central executive

Preferred term

central executive  

Definition

  • A component of working memory involved in the control of ongoing cognitive activity.

Broader concept

Related concepts

Entry terms

  • executive attention

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Baddeley, A. (1996). Exploring the central executive. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A, 49(1), 5-28. https://doi.org/10.1080/713755608

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
  • • Baddeley, A. (2012). Working memory: Theories, models, and controversies. Annual Review of Psychology, 63, 1-29. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-120710-100422

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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Component of

Editorial note

  • In Baddeley's model, system in working memory for the control of attention and the coordination of the phonological loop, the visuospatial sketchpad and the episodic buffer.

In other languages

  • administrateur central

    French

  • attention exécutive
  • centre exécutif
  • contrôleur central
  • contrôleur exécutif
  • système exécutif central

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-KVN51R57-R

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