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WORKING MEMORY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Memory for intermediate results that must be held during thinking
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("working memory" is a kind of...):
memory; remembering (the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered)
Context examples:
The researchers measured the brain activity of the young adults by using fMRI or electroencephalography (EEG) while they performed working memory tasks.
(Recalling temporary memories, NIH)
The tasks test the animals’ working memory – holding information in mind and retrieving it to guide behavior – an ability often impaired in schizophrenia.
(Schizophrenia risk gene linked to cognitive deficits in mice, National Institutes of Health)
To investigate the underlying neural mechanisms for working memory, a team led by Dr. Bradley Postle at the University of Wisconsin-Madison carried out a series of brain imaging and stimulation studies in student volunteers.
(Recalling temporary memories, NIH)
Experimentally reinstating normal expression of SETD1A in adult mice restored the animals’ working memory function.
(Schizophrenia risk gene linked to cognitive deficits in mice, National Institutes of Health)
