Explaining the Many Varieties of Working Memory Variation: Dual Mechanisms of Cognitive Control

Variation in Working Memory

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Braver, Todd S ^a   Gray, Jeremy R ^b   Burgess, Gregory C ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain activity; DMC framework; Memory theorists; Proactive control; Proximal mechanisms; Reactive control; Temporal dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921555609     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195168648.003.0004     Document Type: Chapter

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