Working Memory and Language in the Modular Mind

by John Truscott

Book Overview

The book explores two fundamental aspects of the human mind and their relation to one another. The first is the way that information is put to use in the mind. When we are doing a mental arithmetic problem, for example, how do we bring the relevant bits of information to mind and hold them there while carrying out the series of calculations? This is working memory, the subject of an enormous research literature in psychology, neuroscience,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367744953
• ISBN13: 9780367744953
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"