Working Memory

Edited by Robert Logie, Professor of Human Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Edinburgh, Valerie Camos, Professor of Developmental Psychology, University of Fribourg, and Nelson Cowan, Curators' Professor of Psychology, University of Missouri

Robert H Logie (PhD 1981, University College London, UK) is Professor of Human Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Edinburgh, UK. His research has focused on human memory, especially working memory, across the adult lifespan in the healthy and damaged brain. He has published over 180 journal articles, 54 book chapters, and has authored or edited 19 books and special journal issues including the current volume. He is a former editor of Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, elected member (2012-2017) and chair (2015) of the Psychonomic Society, member (2009-2015) and chair (2015) of a European Research Council Advance Grants Panel, and currently is an Associate Editor for Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Edinburgh, the Royal Society of Arts, the British Psychological Society, and an Honorary Member of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology.

Valérie Camos is professor of developmental psychology at the Université of Fribourg (Switzerland) where she created the Fribourg Center for Cognition, a multidisciplinary research centre. She was previously professor at the Université de Bourgogne (France), junior member of the Institut Universitaire de France, and Chevalier de l'Ordre du Mérite (French honorific order for distinguished achievement). She authored 100 journal papers and 30 book chapters on working memory and mathematical cognition. She is associate editor of L'Année Psychologique, was associate editor of the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology and European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, and on the board of Current Directions in Psychological Science. She was on the governing board of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology, and heads EWOMS (European Working Memory Symposium).

Nelson Cowan (Ph.D. 1980, University of Wisconsin) is Curators' Distinguished Professor at the University of Missouri, where he has taught since 1985. He authored Attention and memory: An integrated framework (1995, Oxford University Press), Working memory capacity (2016, Psychology Press and Routledge Classic Edition), and over 240 journal articles and 60 book chapters on working memory, its relation to attention, and their childhood development. He has done collaborative work on amnesia, schizophrenia, dyslexia, and language impairment. His work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health since 1984. Dr. Cowan was President of Division 3 of the American Psychological Association (Experimental Psychology, 2008-2009) and an elected member of the Governing Board of the Psychonomic Society (2006-2011). He has been awarded honorary doctorates from the University of Helsinki, Finland (2003) and the University of Liège, Belgium (2015).

Richard Allen, University of Leeds, UK
Duarte Araujo, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Edward Awh, Department of Psychology, University of Chicago, USA
Alan Baddeley, University of York, UK
Pierre Barrouillet, Université de Genève, Switzerland
Clément Belletier, Université Clermont Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Alexander P. Burgoyne, Michigan State University, USA
Valérie Camos, Université de Fribourg, Switzerland
Nelson Cowan, University of Missouri, USA
Jason M Doherty, University of Edinburgh, UK
Randall W. Engle, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Nicole Hakim, Department of Psychology, University of Chicago, USA
David Z. Hambrick, Michigan State University, USA
Graham Hitch, University of York, UK
Alexandru D. Iordan, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Robert H. Logie, University of Edinburgh, UK
Randi C. Martin, Rice University, USA
Cody A. Mashburn, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Candice C. Morey, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK
Moshe Naveh-Benjamin, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
Klaus Oberauer, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Bradley R. Postle, Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Jeremy Purcell, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Brenda Rapp, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Patricia A. Reuter-Lorenz, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
John Spencer, School of Psychology, University of East Anglia, UK
Jason S. Tsukahara, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
André Vandierendonck, Department of Experimental Psychology, Henri Dunantlaan, Belgium
Edward K. Vogel, Department of Psychology, University of Chicago, USA
Sobanawartiny Wijeakumar, School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, UK

"This volume provides state-of-the-science essays by a who's who of researchers in working memory. Major theories are covered, as well as chapters covering (for example) interesting implications for individual differences in attentional control and how working memory contributes to expertise. Everyone in the field will want to own a copy of this book." - Henry L. Roediger III, James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor, Washington University in St. Louis, USA

"This excellent book sets out the very latest findings and theoretical ideas on working memory. One of its great strengths is that contributors were asked to organise their chapters using a common framework, making it easy (and interesting) for readers to compare and evaluate the various points of view. The stellar contributors comprise the top international researchers in the area, and their many cross-references highlight both differences and commonalities in their theoretical perspectives. I highly recommend the book; it is an important stepping-stone to a full understanding of this central construct in cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscience." - Fergus Craik, PhD, FRSC, FRS, Senior Scientist Emeritus, Rotman Research Institute, Toronto, Canada

"What is working memory? Answering this question is vital yet can be challenging given the numerous theoretical perspectives and the tsunami of relevant data that do not unanimously converge on one. In Working Memory: State of the Science, world-class experts rise to the challenge by discussing cutting-edge perspectives and how they have succeeded (and why they have failed) to explain the prevailing evidence. This volume is essential reading and promises to shape the field for decades to come." - John Dunlosky, Professor & Director of SOLE Center, Department of Psychological Sciences, Kent State University, USA