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Recent developments in working memory.

A Baddeley
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Research on the visual and verbal subsystems of working memory has shown vigorous development, with PET, fMRI and behavioral data all supporting separate systems, with further fractionation being likely. Analysis of executive processes is revealing a range of subprocesses, providing a very fruitful field for the interaction of cognitive psychology, neuropsychology and functional imaging.

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Brain MappingHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMemory, Short-TermNerve NetPsychomotor PerformanceTomography, Emission-ComputedJournal ArticleResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov'tReview

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A Baddeley. 1998. Recent developments in working memory.. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0959-4388(98)80145-1

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