Working memory, our ability to process and remember information, is linked to a range of cognitive activities from reasoning tasks to verbal comprehension. There is also extensive evidence of the ...

Working memory is the retention of a small amount of information in a readily accessible form. It facilitates planning, comprehension, reasoning, and problem solving. I examine the historical roots ...

Elchanan Cohn, Sharon Cohn, James Bradley, Jr. The importance of notetaking techniques and working memory are explored in the learning of economics in a college principles course at the University of ...

Memory formation and retention involve multiple processes that help us encode, store, and retrieve information. The hippocampus, a seahorse-shaped structure near the base of your brain, plays a key ...

Working memory, the gateway to all learning, is vulnerable and under assault like never before—but we can protect it.

Working memory network function appears to be positively correlated with variables demonstrating better cognitive abilities and physical wellness, while the opposite association exists for signs ...

To improve students’ learning, faculty must understand the limitations of memory.

Shift work is linked to poorer working memory and slower mental processing speed, finds a pooled data analysis of the available evidence, published online in Occupational & Environmental Medicine.

Sometimes recall deficits stem from speech rate – slower speech rate is linked with worse verbal memory. The longer it takes a child with learning difficulties to repeat or rehearse some ...

Driving and working memory Working memory, which develops through adolescence into the twenties, is a frontal lobe process associated with complex, moment-to-moment tasks essential to driving.