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CURRENT DIRECTIONS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
Volume 11, Issue 1, Pages 19-23Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.00160
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working memory capacity; attention
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Performance on measures of working memory (WM) capacity predicts performance on a wide range of real-world cognitive tasks. I review the idea ,that WM capacity (a) is separable from short-term memory, (b) is an important component of general fluid intelligence, and (c) represents a domain-free limitation in ability to control attention. Studies show that individual differences in WM capacity are reflected in performance on antisaccade, Stroop, and dichotic-listening WM capacity, or executive attention, is most important under conditions in which interference leads to retrieval of response tendencies that conflict with the current task.
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