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9 - The Time-Based Resource Sharing Model of Working Memory for Language

from Part II - Models and Measures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 July 2022

By
Valérie Camos  and
Pierre Barrouillet
Edited by
John W. Schwieter  and
Zhisheng (Edward) Wen
John W. Schwieter
Affiliation:
Wilfrid Laurier University
Zhisheng (Edward) Wen
Affiliation:
Hong Kong Shue Yan University
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Summary

Working Memory (WM) is a central structure maintaining information at short term in face of temporal decay and interference for its processing in ongoing tasks. As a consequence, WM is strongly involved in learning, especially in learning first or second languages. The Time-Based Resource Sharing (TBRS) model describes the functioning and development of WM, in particular by integrating the role of executive attention and the time constraints that affect cognitive processes. After a brief overview of the model, this chapter focuses on the distinction between a domain-specific system of maintenance in charge of verbal information and a domain-general system relying on attention. Hence, we show how verbal information is maintained in WM from childhood to adulthood, and how linguistic features of verbal information impact its short-term memory. Conversely, we explain how WM mechanisms in the TBRS model affect the creation of true and false verbal long-term memory traces.

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working memoryexecutive loopphonological loopattentionTime-Based Resource Sharing (TBRS) model
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The Cambridge Handbook of Working Memory and Language , pp. 175 - 196
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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