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… August 8, 2018 Research findings To understand working memory, scientists must resolve this debate In a debate where … thought,” researchers argue over exactly what makes working memory work in dueling papers in the Aug. 8 edition …

… October 24, 2018 Research findings A new model for how working memory gets you through the day Important because it is mundane, working memory gets us through every day by allowing us, for …

… findings New study reveals how brain waves control working memory MIT neuroscientists have found evidence that the … In a memory task requiring information to be held in working memory for short periods of time, the MIT team found …

… April 5, 2018 Research Findings A heavy working memory load may sink brainwave ‘synch’ Everyday experience … makes it obvious – sometimes frustratingly so – that our working memory capacity is limited. We can only keep so many …

… October 7, 2019 News Feature Memory and its meaning Lest anyone forget, in 1994 when MIT … of memory). Miller also  studies the special system of working memory. The “sketchpad of consciousness,” working memory is how people intentionally select and …

… Findings ‘Traveling’ nature of brain waves may help working memory work The act of holding information in mind is … how waves travel in the brain’s prefrontal cortex during working memory to investigate the functional advantages that …

… may mean storing it among synapses Comparing models of working memory with real-world data, MIT researchers found that … how your brain does that, you are asking a question about working memory that researchers have strived for decades to …