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SUBMITTER: Schneegans S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7456145 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Schneegans Sebastian S Taylor Robert R Bays Paul M PM
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20200811 34
Research into human working memory limits has been shaped by the competition between different formal models, with a central point of contention being whether internal representations are continuous or discrete. Here we describe a sampling approach derived from principles of neural coding as a framework to understand working memory limits. Reconceptualizing existing models in these terms reveals strong commonalities between seemingly opposing accounts, but also allows us to identify specific poi ...[more]