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Long-term working memory

K A Ericsson1, W Kintsch

  • 1Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee 32306-1051, USA.

Psychological Review
|April 1, 1995
PubMed
Summary
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Traditional working memory models need expansion to include long-term memory storage for complex cognitive tasks like text comprehension and expert performance. This framework views cognitive processes as stable states, with memory skills enabling long-term storage and retrieval.

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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Memory Research

Background:

  • Traditional working memory models focus on temporary storage.
  • High cognitive load in text comprehension and expert performance challenges these models.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose an extended theoretical framework for working memory.
  • To incorporate long-term memory storage into working memory models.

Main Methods:

  • Theoretical framework development.
  • Review of empirical evidence from text comprehension and expert domains.

Main Results:

  • Cognitive processes are conceptualized as sequences of stable states.
  • Acquired memory skills facilitate storage and retrieval from long-term memory.

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Conclusions:

  • Working memory models must integrate long-term memory for complex cognition.
  • Skilled memory theory provides a basis for understanding expert performance and memory retrieval.