Most experiments on working memory have used rather simple task and materials (e.g. memory for list of words) that hardly reflect the complexity of everyday situations. Although studying simple task in this way is informative at early stages of theory development, we must ask wheter the models produced in this context can adequately account for performance in more complex and ecologically valid task such as text comprehension and remembering. In thi chapter we review experiments that have adopted Baddley's original model of working memory (Baddeley,1986; Baddeley & Logie,1999), investigating its role in the construction of mental models derived from verbal descriptions, with a focus on spatial working memory.
The role spatial working memory in understanding verbal descriptions: a window into the interaction between verbal and spatial processing
MENEGHETTI, CHIARA
2011
Abstract
Most experiments on working memory have used rather simple task and materials (e.g. memory for list of words) that hardly reflect the complexity of everyday situations. Although studying simple task in this way is informative at early stages of theory development, we must ask wheter the models produced in this context can adequately account for performance in more complex and ecologically valid task such as text comprehension and remembering. In thi chapter we review experiments that have adopted Baddley's original model of working memory (Baddeley,1986; Baddeley & Logie,1999), investigating its role in the construction of mental models derived from verbal descriptions, with a focus on spatial working memory.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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