Key question
How do we keep a thought in mind?
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Find an example, an application and a limit. Explain the concept without using its name, then compare your explanation with a primary source.
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Working-memory maintenance need not always depend on continuously elevated neural activity.
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How do we keep a thought in mind?
Compare multicomponent, attention-based, persistent-activity and activity-silent accounts of working memory.