Short-term memory as a response preparation state
- 1 November 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Memory & Cognition
- Vol. 4 (6), 721-729
- https://doi.org/10.3758/bf03213240
Abstract
This review considers recent findings on motor-response programming which indicate that there is a temporary mode of storage for response commands. This storage, which is distinct from long-term memory, is required for emission of a programmed response even when there are no explicit requirements for memory. Although this system is considered to be primarily a stage in response control rather than a memory system, it may mediate verbal short-term memory when encoded in articulatory form. The implications of this perspective on short-term memory are considered.This publication has 55 references indexed in Scilit:
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