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SUBMITTER: Hartshorne JK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6663308 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Memory & cognition 20190501 4
Initially inspired by the Atkinson and Shiffrin model, researchers have spent a half century investigating whether actively maintaining an item in working memory (WM) leads to improved subsequent long-term memory (LTM). Empirical results have been inconsistent, and thus the answer to the question remains unclear. We present evidence from 13 new experiments as well as a meta-analysis of 61 published experiments. Both the new experiments and meta-analysis show clear evidence that increased WM main ...[more]