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EUROPEAN PSYCHOLOGIST
Volume 9, Issue 1, Pages 32-42Publisher
HOGREFE & HUBER PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1027/1016-9040.9.1.32
Keywords
writing; working memory; dual-task; phonological loop; visuospatial sketchpad; central executive; processing demands; dynamic of writing
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The dual-task paradigm recently played a major role in understanding the role of working memory in writing. By reviewing recent findings in this field of research, this article highlights how the use of the dual-task technique allowed studying the processing and short-term storage functions of working memory involved in writing. With respect to processing functions of working memory (namely, attentional and executive functions), studies investigated resource allocation, step-by-step management, and parallel coordination of the writing processes. With respect to short-term storage in working memory, experiments mainly attempted to test Kellogg's (1996) proposals on the relationship between the writing processes and the slave systems of working memory. The dual-task technique proved fruitful in understanding the relationship between writing and working memory because researchers exploited its major advantage, namely, its flexibility.
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