Hitch, G.J., Allen, R.J. orcid.org/0000-0002-1887-3016 and Baddeley, A.D. (2025) The multicomponent model of working memory fifty years on. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 78 (2). 222 -239. ISSN 1747-0218
Abstract
We provide a broad overview of our original investigation of working memory, how the multicomponent model followed from our use of a dissociative methodology and our intention that it should be simple, robust, and applicable. We describe how subsequent development of the model has increased its scope, depth, and applications while at the same time retaining its core features. Comparisons with the growing number of alternative models suggest agreement on the basic phenomena to be explained and more similarities than differences. While differences between models attract interest, we caution that they do not necessarily reflect the most important issues for future research, which we suggest relate principally to the nature of executive control. The longevity of the multicomponent model reflects not only the importance of working memory in cognition but the usefulness of a simple, robust framework for further theoretical development and applications.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Experimental Psychology Society 2024. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
Keywords: | Working memory, executive control, multicomponent model, central executive |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Psychology (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 14 Nov 2024 11:56 |
Last Modified: | 06 Mar 2025 14:23 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/17470218241290909 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:219587 |
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