Preferred Name

Working memory

Synonyms

Definitions

active maintenance and flexible updating of goal-task relevant information (items, goals, strategies, etc.) in a form that resists interference but has limited capacity. These representations may involve flexible binding of representations, may be characterized by the absence of external support for the internally maintained representations, and are frequently temporary due to ongoing interference

ID

http://www.cognitiveatlas.org/ontology/cogat.owl#CAO_00587

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Contributor

Russ Poldrack

Date

2011-08-09 10:29:18

definition

active maintenance and flexible updating of goal-task relevant information (items, goals, strategies, etc.) in a form that resists interference but has limited capacity. These representations may involve flexible binding of representations, may be characterized by the absence of external support for the internally maintained representations, and are frequently temporary due to ongoing interference

has top concept

Executive-Cognitive Control

label

Working memory

note

active maintenance and flexible updating of goal-task relevant information (items, goals, strategies, etc.) in a form that resists interference but has limited capacity. These representations may involve flexible binding of representations, may be characterized by the absence of external support for the internally maintained representations, and are frequently temporary due to ongoing interference

preferred label

Working memory

prefixIRI

cogat:CAO_00587

Resource Identifier

trm_4a3fd79d0b5a7

Title

Working memory

subClassOf

http://www.cognitiveatlas.org/ontology/cogat.owl#CAO_00670

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