Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11861/7775
Title: Theorizing and measuring working memory in first and second language research
Authors: Prof. WEN Zhisheng, Edward 
Issue Date: 2014
Source: Language Teaching, 2014, vol.47(2), pp.174-190.
Journal: Language Teaching 
Abstract: Working memory (WM) generally refers to the human ability to temporarily maintain and manipulate a limited amount of information in immediate consciousness when carrying out complex cognitive tasks such as problem-solving and language comprehension. Though much controversy has surrounded the WM concept since its inception by Baddeley & Hitch (1974), an increasing number of cognitive psychologists have accepted WM as a multi-component system comprising both domain-specific storage mechanisms and domain-general executive functions (Miyake & Shah 1999; Baddeley 2012; Williams 2012). Such a FRACTIONATED view of this cognitive construct manifests itself clearly in distinct strands of WM-language research, where two contrasting research paradigms have emerged (Wen 2012).
Type: Peer Reviewed Journal Article
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11861/7775
DOI: 10.1017/S0261444813000517
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