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process > cognitive process > memory process > working memory updating

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working memory updating  

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  • According to task demands, the working memory content must be updated. The updating of the working memory is performed by rejecting old information, reordering items and integrating new information (Berger et al. 1999).

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  • updating
  • updating process

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  • • Chen, Y., Peruggia, M., & Van Zandt, T. (2022). Mutual interference in working memory updating: A hierarchical Bayesian model. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 111, 102706. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmp.2022.102706

    • Document type: simulation study

    • Access: closed

  • • Li, C., Frischkorn, G. T., & Oberauer, K. (2025). Updating of information in working memory: Time course and consequences. Cognitive Psychology, 156, 101702. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogpsych.2024.101702

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: open

  • • Morris, N., & Jones, D. M. (1990). Memory updating in working memory: The role of the central executive. British Journal of Psychology, 81(2), 111–121. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8295.1990.tb02349.x

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

  • • Nir-Cohen, G., Kessler, Y., & Egner, T. (2020). Neural substrates of working memory updating. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 32(12), 2285–2302. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_01625

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

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  • Frank Arnould

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-XJSCVLBW-B

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