Working memory is closely tied to higher mental processes such as how we learn, understand and reason. Professor Alan Baddeley of York University is best known for a landmark theory which ...

One important distinction for making sense with what follows is between short-term and working memory. Short-term memory holds new information, working memory consciously processes this information.

Working memory is closely tied to higher mental processes such as how we learn, understand and reason. Professor Alan Baddeley of York University is best known for a landmark theory which ...