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- Working memory (WM) is how we keep and use information in our minds for a short time.
- Different tasks use different areas of the brain, and the hippocampus, usually linked with long-term memory (LTM), might help with WM too.
- Some scientists think that WM and LTM share similar processes, meaning that many ways our brain works for both types of memory are connected.
Article Abstract
Working memory (WM) is the ability to maintain and manipulate internal representations. WM recruits varying brain regions based on task demands. Although the hippocampus has historically been associated with long-term memory (LTM), several studies provide evidence for its involvement during WM tasks. Slotnick (this issue) posits that this involvement is due to LTM processes. This argument rests on the assumption that processes are not shared among WM and LTM, and that WM processes are necessarily sustained. We argue that there are processes utilized by both WM and LTM, and that such processes need not be sustained to support WM.
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