The Magical Mystery Four: How is Working Memory Capacity Limited, and Why?

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P356DOI10.1177/0963721409359277
P932PMC publication ID2864034
P698PubMed publication ID20445769
P5875ResearchGate publication ID44576312

P50authorNelson CowanQ1470520
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A controlled-attention view of working-memory capacityQ28202128
The magical number 4 in short-term memory: a reconsideration of mental storage capacityQ28213950
Seven-year-olds allocate attention like adults unless working memory is overloaded.Q30483404
Core verbal working-memory capacity: the limit in words retained without covert articulationQ30488641
How can dual-task working memory retention limits be investigated?Q30491781
Scope of attention, control of attention, and intelligence in children and adultsQ30498889
Working memory capacity for spoken sentences decreases with adult ageing: recall of fewer but not smaller chunks in older adultsQ37029746
Separating cognitive capacity from knowledge: a new hypothesisQ43214014
Intact attentional control of working memory encoding in schizophreniaQ43467996
Neural measures reveal individual differences in controlling access to working memory.Q51987005
A central capacity limit to the simultaneous storage of visual and auditory arrays in working memoryQ81592565
P433issue1
P407language of work or nameEnglishQ1860
P304page(s)51-57
P577publication date2010-02-01
P1433published inCurrent Directions in Psychological ScienceQ5195040
P1476titleThe Magical Mystery Four: How is Working Memory Capacity Limited, and Why?
P478volume19

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