Is working memory domain-general or domain-specific?

Nozari, Nazbanou; Martin, Randi C

Nozari, Nazbanou; Martin, Randi C.

Afiliación

Nozari N; Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA; Cognitive Science Program, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA. Electronic address: bnozari@iu.edu.
Martin RC; Department of Psychological Sciences, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.

Trends Cogn Sci ; 2024 Jul 16.

Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39019705

ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

Given the fundamental role of working memory (WM) in all domains of cognition, a central question has been whether WM is domain-general. However, the term 'domain-general' has been used in different, and sometimes misleading, ways. By reviewing recent evidence and biologically plausible models of WM, we show that the level of domain-generality varies substantially between three facets of WM in terms of computations, WM is largely domain-general. In terms of neural correlates, it contains both domain-general and domain-specific elements. Finally, in terms of application, it is mostly domain-specific. This variance encourages a shift of focus towards uncovering domain-general computational principles and away from domain-general approaches to the analysis of individual differences and WM training, favoring newer perspectives, such as training-as-skill-learning.

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brain training; domain-generality; neural correlates; resource models; working memory

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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Trends Cogn Sci Asunto de la revista: PSICOLOGIA Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Reino Unido

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