Screen LibraryWorking memory：the connected intelligence
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| Group Author: | ; |
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| Published: |
Psychology Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | c2013. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Frontiers of cognitive psychology |
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| Carrier Form: | xiii, 306 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781848726185 (pbk.) 184872618X (pbk.) 9781848726147 (hbk.) 1848726147 (hbk.) |
| Index Number: | B842 |
| CLC: | B842.3 |
| Call Number: | B842.3/W926-2 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Pt. I. Working memory : the connected intelligence -- pt. II. Working memory across the lifespan -- pt. III. Working memory and expertise -- pt. IV. Working memory and the body -- pt. V. Working memory and decision making -- pt. VI. The future of working memory : training. Working memory -- the conscious processing of information -- is increasingly recognized as one of the most important aspects of intelligence. This fundamental cognitive skill is deeply connected to a great variety of human experience -- from our childhood, to our old age, from our evolutionary past, to our digital future. In this volume, leading psychologists review the latest research on working memory and consider what role it plays in development and over the lifespan. It is revealed how a strong working memory is connected with success (academically and acquiring expertise) and a poor wo |