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disposition > cognition > memory > working memory > orthographic working memory

Preferred term

orthographic working memory  

Definition

  • Function of working memory “involved in retaining the identity and order of letters during the spelling of individual words.“ (Purcell et al., 2021, p. 1-2).

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Synonym(s)

  • graphemic buffer

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Martin, R. C., Rapp, B., & Purcell, J. (2021). Domain-specific working memory: Perspectives from cognitive neuropsychology. In R. Logie, V. Camos, & N. Cowan (Eds.), Working memory: The state of the science (pp. 235–281). Oxford University Press.

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Purcell, J., Rapp, B., & Martin, R. C. (2021). Distinct neural substrates support phonological and orthographic working memory: Implications for theories of working memory. Frontiers in Neurology, 12, 681141. https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2021.681141

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: open

    • Dataset reference: jpurcel8. (2021). Data for Purcell, Rapp, and Martin (2021) Distinct neural substrates support phonological and orthographic working memory: Implications for theories of working memory. https://github.com/jpurcel8/Distinct-Neural-Substrates-Support-P-and-O-WM_Figure3-4

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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