Journal of experimental psychology. GeneralHumansMemoryLong-TermShort-TermMale
Is working memory a gateway to long-term memory?
Lea M Bartsch, Alessandra S Souza, Eda Mizrak, Klaus Oberauer
Published: 202510.1037/xge0001860
Abstract
Working memory (WM) has been proposed to act as a gateway into long-term memory (LTM), such that only information successfully stored in WM can be transferred into LTM. Accordingly, the capacity limit of WM should constrain the acquisition of LTM tra…
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