Working Memory (eBook, ePUB)

The Connected Intelligence
Redaktion: Alloway, Tracy Packiam; Alloway, Ross G.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This volume brings together cutting-edge research on the growing importance of working memory, from social evolution, to expertise, to brain training. It examines how working memory influences our lives, as well as the evidence on what can impact working memory, from sleep, to diet, to stress.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136208164
• Artikelnr.: 39953386

Autorenporträt

Tracy Packiam Alloway, Ph.D., is interested in the role of working memory in education, particularly in individuals with learning disorders. Her research has received widespread media attention and appeared in over 250 news articles. She has also been invited to comment on television and radio as an expert on working memory. Ross G. Alloway, Ph.D., is involved in cutting-edge research on the impact of a highly saturated technological environment on the brain. He has co-published work on the growth and decline of working memory over the lifespan, as well as the importance of working memory in education, which was featured on the BBC Radio and in the UK Sunday Times.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Working Memory: The Connected Intelligence. T.P. Alloway
R.G. Alloway
Working Memory: An Introduction. A.R.A. Conway
B.N. Macnamara
P.M.J. Engel de Abreu
Working Memory and Intelligence: An Overview. F.L. Coolidge
T.Wynn
K.A. Overmann
The Evolution of Working Memory. Part II: Working Memory across the Lifespan. T.P. Alloway
R.G. Alloway
Working Memory in Development. C. Basak
E.M. Zelinski
A Hierarchical Model of Working Memory and its Change in Healthy Older Adults. Part III: Working Memory and Expertise. K.A. Ericsson
J.H. Moxley
Working Memory that Mediates Experts' Performance: Why it is Qualitatively Different from Traditional Working Memory. D.Z. Hambrick
E.J. Meinz
Working Memory Capacity and Musical Skill. Part IV: Working Memory and the Body and Mind. S. Kanoski
Working Memory and Diet. P. Whitney
P.J. Rosen
Sleep Deprivation and Performance: The Role of Working Memory. L. Visu-Petra
L. Cheie
A.C. Miu
Working Memory and Anxiety: Exploring the Interplay of Individual Differences across Development. A.S. Moss
D.A. Monti
A. Newberg
Working Memory and Mindfulness. Part V: Working Memory and Decision Making. A. Mattarella-Micke
S.L. Beilock
The Integration of Emotion and Cognitive Control. B.J. Nagel
M.M. Herting
A. Cservenka
Working Memory and Addictive Behavior. Part VI: The Future of Working Memory: Training. S.M. Jaeggi
M. Buschkuehl
Training Working Memory. C. Lustig
P.A. Reuter-Lorenz
Training Working Memory: Insights from Neuroimaging.