On the interpretation of working memory span in adults.

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TowseHitchHutton2000
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On the interpretation of working memory span in adults. / Towse, John N.; Hitch, Graham J.; Hutton, Una.
In: Memory and Cognition, Vol. 28, No. 3, 2000, p. 341-348.

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Towse, JN , Hitch, GJ & Hutton, U 2000, 'On the interpretation of working memory span in adults.', Memory and Cognition, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 341-348.

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title = "On the interpretation of working memory span in adults.",

abstract = "Experimental research into children{\textquoteright}s working memory span has shown that retention duration contributes substantially to span performance, while processing efficiency need not be related to concurrent memory load (Towse, Hitch, & Hutton, 1998). These findings have been used to argue for a model of working memory span that emphasizes time-based forgetting rather than the popular resource-sharing or tradeoff framework. The present paper considers whether adults perform working memory span tasks in a qualitatively different way. Data from reading span and operation span tasks show that adults{\textquoteright} performance can be distinguished from that of children, but also that a task-switching model of working memory span can explain some important aspects of performance.",

author = "Towse, {John N.} and Hitch, {Graham J.} and Una Hutton",

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pages = "341--348",

journal = "Memory and Cognition",

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