Current trends and future directions in working memory research

Japanese Journal of Psychology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 336-350

  Miyake, Akira ^a   Saito, Satoru ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b OSAKA KYOIKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cognition; Executive functions; Memory; Working memory

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RESEARCH; REVIEW;

HUMANS; MEMORY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RESEARCH;

EID: 0035495222     PISSN: 00215236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4992/jjpsy.72.336     Document Type: Article

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