NEUROCOGNITIVE MECHANISMS OF WORKING MEMORY FUNCTIONING

• Authors: Jodzio K.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

This article presents the neuropsychological contribution to origin and development of the working memory model. A matter for current investigation and discussion was a model established originally by Baddeley and Hitch. Within a large working memory system, they proposed three subcomponents: the central executive, the phonological loop, and the visuospatial sketchpad. Later, a fourth component was proposed, the episodic buffer, which is assumed to be purely mnemonic in character. The goal of this paper is to clarify the neural and cognitive determinants of these systems, as well as to show explanatory value and limitations of the working memory model. Current interest focuses most strongly both on the link between subcomponents of memory, and between working memory and other cognitive processes. Neuroanatomical correlates were taken into account as well. It was emphasized that working memory has a rather widespread representation in the brain, which involves both prefrontal and non-frontal structures. The original concept of working memory seems controversial and simplified, mostly because it underestimates the role of complex language processes in memory functioning, and a close relationship between memory and posterior parts of the brain.

Keywords

EN

BRAIN DAMAGE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; WORKING MEMORY

Discipline

• PSYCHOLOGY: PSYCHOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences jointly with the Committee on Psychological Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Kolokwia Psychologiczne (Psychological Colloquia)
• Year: 2006
• Volume: 14
• Pages: 25-42
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Jodzio K.

• K. Jodzio, Uniwersytet Gdanski, Instytut Psychologii, ul. Pomorska 68, 80-343 Gdansk, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

06PLAAAA01743749