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Can we distinguish three maintenance processes in working memory?
Author(s) -
Morey Candice C.,
Cowan Nelson
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/nyas.13925
Subject(s) - process (computing) , computer science , cognitive science , refining (metallurgy) , consolidation (business) , cognitive psychology , working memory , epistemology , psychology , neuroscience , cognition , business , philosophy , programming language , chemistry , accounting
We describe three mechanisms—consolidation, refreshing, and removal—as processes that may serve to strengthen new memories. We detail their explicit and implied differences and similarities, and highlight points upon which theorists disagree about their supposed characteristics. We consider the challenges remaining in refining definitions of these processes and with situating them within working memory theories, and consider how these process definitions and theories should restrict each other.