NDLI: Capacity estimates in working memory: Reliability and interrelationships among tasks

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Author	Snellenberg, Jared X. Conway, Andrew R. A. Spicer, Julie Read, Christina Smith, Edward E.
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	The concept of capacity has become increasingly important in discussions of working memory (WM), in so far as most models of WM conceptualize it as a limited-capacity mechanism for maintaining information in an active state, and as capacity estimates from at least one type of WM task—complex span—are valid predictors of real-world cognitive performance. However, the term capacity is also often used in the context of a distinct set of WM tasks, change detection, and may or may not refer to the same cognitive capability. We here develop maximum-likelihood models of capacity from each of these tasks—as well as from a third WM task that places heavy demands on cognitive control, the self-ordered WM task (SOT)—and show that the capacity estimates from change detection and complex span tasks are not correlated with each other, although capacity estimates from change detection tasks do correlate with those from the SOT. Furthermore, exploratory factor analysis confirmed that performance on the SOT and change detection load on the same factor, with performance on our complex span task loading on its own factor. These findings suggest that at least two distinct cognitive capabilities underlie the concept of WM capacity as it applies to each of these three tasks.
Starting Page	106
Ending Page	116
Page Count	11
File Format	PDF
ISSN	15307026
Journal	Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience
Volume Number	14
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	1531135X
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2014-01-08
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Working memory Short-term memory Cognitive control Cognitive Psychology Neurosciences
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Cognitive Neuroscience Behavioral Neuroscience

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