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Working Memory

Working Memory is a cognitive system responsible for the temporary storage and manipulation of information necessary for complex cognitive tasks, distinguished from other memory systems by its limited capacity and short duration.

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The Unity and Diversity of Executive Functions and Their Contributions to Complex “Frontal Lobe” Tasks: A Latent Variable Analysis

Akira Miyake, Naomi P. Friedman, Michael J. Emerson et al. · Cognitive Psychology · 2000 · 15.5K citations

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Cognitive maps in rats and men.

E. C. Tolman · Psychological Review · 1948 · 6.7K citations

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Functional connectivity in the resting brain: A network analysis of the default mode hypothesis

Michael D. Greicius, Ben Krasnow, Allan L. Reiss et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2002 · 6.5K citations

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Individual differences in working memory and reading

Meredyth Daneman, Patricia A. Carpenter · Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior · 1980 · 6.4K citations

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The need for cognition.

John T. Cacioppo, Richard E. Petty · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1982 · 5.1K citations

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    Alan Baddeley

    MRC Biostatistics Unit, United Kingdom

    126 publications · 22.9K citations

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    Mark D’Esposito

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    105 publications · 20.3K citations

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    Randall W Engle

    Georgia Institute of Technology, United States

    99 publications · 31.6K citations

    69

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  4. NC
    Nelson Cowan

    University of Missouri, United States

    112 publications · 14.4K citations

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    Klaus Oberauer

    University of Zurich, Switzerland

    110 publications · 13.8K citations

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  1. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    118 h-index

    973 publications

    135.7K citations

  2. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    116 h-index

    1.1K publications

    98.4K citations

  3. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    113 h-index

    1.2K publications

    145.5K citations

  4. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    109 h-index

    1.2K publications

    99.7K citations

  5. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    109 h-index

    1.1K publications

    120.7K citations

  6. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    109 h-index

    790 publications

    132.8K citations

  7. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    107 h-index

    814 publications

    116.3K citations

  8. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    106 h-index

    822 publications

    73.5K citations

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  1. NeuroImage

    731 publications · 81.8K citations

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  2. Journal of Neuroscience

    340 publications · 59.4K citations

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  4. Neuropsychologia

    724 publications · 75.4K citations

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  5. Memory & Cognition

    756 publications · 55.8K citations

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