Working Memory Capacity
By Nelson Cowan
Series: Essays in Cognitive Psychology
- List Price: $47.50
- Web Price: $42.75 (You save $4.75)
- ISBN: 978-1-84169-097-1
- Published by: Psychology Press
- Publication Date: 09/16/2005
- Pages: 256
- Trim Size: 6 x 9
- Binding(s): Hardback
About the Book
This groundbreaking book explains the evidence supporting Cowan's theoretical proposal about working memory capacity, and compares it to competing perspectives. Cognitive psychologists profoundly disagree on how working memory is limited: whether by the number of units that can be retained (and, if so, what kind of units and how many?), the types of interfering material, the time that has elapsed, some combination of these mechanisms, or none of them. The book assesses these hypotheses and examines explanations of why capacity limits occur, including vivid biological, cognitive, and evolutionary accounts. The book concludes with a discussion of the practical importance of capacity limits in daily life.Customers who bought Working Memory Capacity also bought:
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