Working Memory and Executive Attention
A Revisit
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23328206 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Randall W Engle (0000-0003-0816-7406, Georgia Institute of Technology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 190-193 |
| Publication date | 2018-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Perspectives on Psychological Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1745-6916 • E-ISSN: 1745-6924 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1745691617720478 |
| PMID | 29592654 |
| OpenAlex | W2794518558 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 52 |
| References cited | 10 |
In this follow-up to my 2002 article on working memory capacity, fluid intelligence, and executive attention in Current Directions in Psychological Science, I review even more evidence supporting the idea that the ability to control one’s attention (i.e., executive attention) is important to working memory and fluid intelligence. I now argue that working memory tasks reflect primarily the maintenance of information, whereas fluid intelligence tests reflect primarily the ability to disengage from recently attended and no longer useful information. I also point out some conclusions in the 2002 article that now appear to be wrong.
Attentional control · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Executive functions · Fluid intelligence · Working memory · Cognitive Abilities and Testing · Cognitive Science and Mapping · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies · Neuroscience · Psychology
Using a Novel Functional Brain Network Approach to Locate Important Nodes for Working Memory Tasks
Reaction time in differential and developmental research
Movements of the Mind
An Examination of the Relations Between Effortful Control in Early Childhood and Risk for Later Externalizing Psychopathology
ADHD Children Take More Time to Inhibit Automatic Responses
What Counts as an Environment in Memory Research? Conceptualizing Environment Across Memory Traditions
The Role of Attentional Control in Deception While Under Cognitive Load
Individual Differences in Working Memory Capacity Affect How Readers Skim Expository Text
Differences in Self-Directed Learning
Individual differences in discourse management
On Dual- and Single-Process Models of Thinking
Understanding the relationship between rationality and intelligence
Coalitional Psychology and the Evolution of Intelligence
Who can strategically modulate mind wandering? A preregistered replication and extension of Seli et al. (2018)
Which “working memory” are we talking about? Complex span tasks versus N-back
Broad and sustained transfer effects of executive n-back working memory training
Attentional control as a double-edged sword
Measuring memory is harder than you think
Working memory complex span tasks and fluid intelligence
Working memory training in typically developing children
Programming of action timing cannot be completed until immediately prior to initiation of the response to be controlled
A model comparison approach reveals individual variation in the scope and control of attention
Allocation of resources in working memory
When (deliberate) practice is not enough – the role of intelligence, practice, and knowledge in academic performance
Keeping Creativity under Control
Individual differences in everyday multitasking behavior and its relation to cognition and personality
Between-person variation in naturally occurring affect does not relate to working memory performance
A qualitative systematic review of individual differences in Stroop task performance among healthy adults
When cognitive control harms rather than helps
The role of working memory capacity in evaluative judgments of liking and beauty
Individual differences in visuospatial working memory capacity influence the modality effect
Mathematics achievement in the last year of primary school. Longitudinal relationship with general cognitive skills and prior mathematics knowledge
The relationship between digital learning resource quality, attention control, academic self-efficacy, and college students’ learning engagement
Emotion Recognition Accuracy Across Nonverbal Modalities
Working memory load affects intelligence test performance by reducing the strength of relational item bindings and impairing the filtering of irrelevant information
Is baseline pupil size related to cognitive ability? Yes (under proper lighting conditions)
When working memory mechanisms compete
Differential Involvement of Working Memory Capacity and Fluid Intelligence in Verbal Associative Learning as a Possible Function of Strategy Use
Testing the Effect of Learning Conditions and Individual Motor/Cognitive Differences on Knapping Skill Acquisition
Development of children's informal understanding of division through sharing
Near and far transfer effects of working memory training
Interpreting experience and working memory effects on L1 and L2 morphological prediction
The domain-specific approach of working memory training
Have we found directionality? Longitudinal associations between screen use and executive function in children. A scoping review
Attention as selection for action defended
The Sustained Attention Paradox
Cognitive flexibility moderates shifts in plausibility judgments of claims about climate change
Comprehending irony in text
The effects of visuospatial working memory on older adults’ bridging inference processing in visual narrative comprehension
Differential effects of working memory constraints on syntactic and semantic processing
Knowledge vs. know-how? Dissecting the foundations of stone knapping skill
Near transfer to an unrelated N-back task mediates the effect of N-back working memory training on matrix reasoning
| Unique citing works | 52 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 7,43 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 50 |