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disposition > cognition > memory > working memory > goal maintenance

Preferred term

goal maintenance  

Definition

  • Working memory function consisting of keeping the goals of an ongoing cognitive task active and accessible.

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Engle, R. W., & Kane, M. J. (2004). Executive attention, working memory capacity, and a two-factor theory of cognitive control. In B. H. Ross & B. H. (Eds.), The Psychology of Learning and Motivation, Vol. 44. (p. 145-199). New York : Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0079-7421(03)44005-X

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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