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Showing 1 to 20 of 88 for “"working memory capacity"”.
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Individual Differences in Working Memory Capacity Influence Spoken WordRecognition
… work to explorewhether individual differences in working memory capacity (WMC) would influence thelikelihood that listeners will depend on the biasing information when distracted. In fiveexperiments, participants heard sentences that contained an early target word with orwithout noise at its onset …
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Perceptions, difficulties and working memory capacity related to mathematics performance
… The study uses a survey of student perceptions, working with samples of students drawn from both Urdu and English medium schools (N = 813). In addition, working memory capacity of those in grade 5 (age about 10) was measured and information was gained about their performance in mathematics …
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Functional Processing Aspects of Working Memory: Capacity Limitations and Mechanisms of Forgetting
<p>Previous working memory literature has considered the occurrence of an increase in reaction time following an object-switch as evidence supporting a single-item focus of attention. Much literature has also identified interference from other information as the principle cause of forgetting. These …
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The Effect of Forewarning on Suggestibility: Does it Depend on Working Memory Capacity?
… on suggestibility, including the influence of working memory capacity (WMC). The main hypotheses are that forewarnings will reduce suggestibility compared to the control group and that high-WMC will yield lower suggestibility compared to medium- and low-WMC. The final hypothesis is that WMC and …
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Thinking outside the box: processing instruction and individual differences in working memory capacity
… regarding the role of individual differences in Working Memory Capacity. To explore the question whether Processing Instruction is equally beneficial for learners at different points of the Working Memory Capacity spectrum, a case study on the effects of computer-delivered Processing Instruction …
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Does Working Memory Capacity Influence Individuals Ability to Ignore Distraction Caused by Emotional Stimuli?
Tilgangur rannsóknarinnar var að skoða hvort að einstaklingar með háa eða lága vinnsluminnispönn, sýni mismunandi frammistöðu á tilfinningatengdu stroop prófi. Tilgáturnar voru a) að þátttakendur með háa og lága vinnsluminnispönn myndu sýna svipaða frammistöðu á stroop prófi með hlutlausum orðum …
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A Naturalistic Study of Long-term Working Memory Capacity for Meaningful Visual and Auditory Stimuli
… purpose of this study was to explore long-term working memory in experts in an information-rich, dynamic domain. Of particular interest were strategies experts use to enhance long-term working memory capacity when working with verbal versus aural information. Three air traffic control …
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Language and Working Memory Capacity in Early Adulthood: Contributions From First and Second Language Proficiency
… (represented in first and second language) on working memory capacity. A sample of 100 college students from Virginia Tech University completed an on-line survey, performed 2 computer-based working memory capacity tasks (the OSPAN and the Letter Rotation) and had their first language (L1) as …
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Assessing mindfulness as a moderator between trait worry and working memory capacity performance in undergraduates
… mindfulness alone will not disrupt worry. Working memory capacity (WMC) has been implicated in the relationship between worry and mindfulness, with some research showing that the combined practice of mindfulness and WMC test exercises had the greatest impact on reducing worry. The present …
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The Role of Expertise, Working Memory Capacity, and Long -Term Memory Retrieval Structure in Situation Awareness
… examined the nature of individual differences in working memory and their roles in performing a flight situation awareness (SA) task. The major research question was whether the locus of individual differences in SA performance was the individual differences in capacity to maintain presented …
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Attentional processing of different types of written L2 input and its relationship with learners' working memory capacity
… expected TFD. In addition, the involvement of working memory (WM) in facilitating the regulation of attentional resources was studied based on four WM tests that measured the capacity of the PSTM and the functions of the central executive (CE). In order to analyse the relationship between …
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Mindfulness and working memory capacity: two comprehensive meta-analyses examining working memory as a mechanism of mindfulness
… mechanism explaining how mindfulness works is working memory capacity (WMC). The aim of this project was to examine the potential mechanistic relationship between mindfulness and WMC by conducting two related meta-analyses, one examining the correlation (r) between trait/dispositional …
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Predicting independent functioning in an elderly population: the evaluation of working memory capacity as a biomarker of ageing.
… current project investigated whether a task of working memory capacity (Reading Span), could predict a range of independent functioning outcome measures. Employing a longitudinal study design (three measurement occasions over approximately 18 months), 150 community-dwelling participants, 70 …
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The Role of Working Memory Resources in Mind Wandering: The Difference Between Working Memory Capacity and Working Memory Load
… is no consensus on the relationship between working memory resources and mind wandering. The purpose of the current study is to investigate whether mind wandering requires working memory resources to be sustained. The resource-demanding view is that mind wandering requires working memory …
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A matter of priorities: High working memory enables (slightly) superior value-directed remembering
People with larger working memory capacity exhibit enhanced free recall but do not show any advantage on tests of recognition. This pair of results suggests that differences in the strategies that people bring to the task of learning and retrieving are superior in learners with high working memory. …
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The Role of Gamma Oscillations and Cortical Inhibition In The Development of Working Memory In Adolescence
… and biological changes. In particular, working memory, the ability to actively encode and maintain information over a short period of time, develops early in childhood and gradually increases in capacity and stability during adolescence. The precise neurophysiological mechanism by which …
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The entrainment of brain oscillations through transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) delivered at off-peak frequencies.
… immediately following it. These studies used a working memory task and were based on the theory that differences in theta and gamma frequency peaks causally effect working memory capacity. Studies 2 and 3 delivered tACS at off-peak theta frequencies (4Hz and 7Hz) and study 4 delivered tACS at …
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Structured representations in visual working memory
… body of research has attempted to quantify the capacity of visual working memory by focusing on how many individual objects or visual features can be actively maintained in memory. This thesis presents a novel theoretical framework for understanding working memory capacity, suggesting that our …
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