@article{ba3e1f1b7a8c4b91aa107ecc2bc6bcd6,
title = "Working memory: An introduction to the conference proceedings",
author = "McGregor, {Karla K.}",
note = "Funding Information: Working memory is a system of short-term information processing and storage that supports thought, learning, and communication. The model of working memory proposed by Alan Baddeley and his colleagues ( Baddeley, 2000; Baddeley & Hitch, 1974; Baddeley & Logie, 1999 ) has inspired a flurry of investigation. The phonological loop component of working memory and its role in language acquisition and disorders have been particular foci. In his excellent keynote address to the 12th annual research conference jointly sponsored by the National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders and the American Speech, Language, Hearing Association, Baddeley presented evidence in support of a phonological loop component composed of rehearsal and temporary storage mechanisms. In addition, he shared the most recent revision of his working memory model, a revision involving the addition of an episodic memory buffer that serves to enhance storage of information by integrating visual-spatial and phonological-verbal information into “episodes” or chunks. Three themes emerged from Dr. Baddeley{\textquoteright}s keynote address, each of which was discussed by one or more of the conference participants, James Montgomery, 1 1 Kathryn Bayles, and Alfredo Ardila. The themes were (1) the components of working memory, (2) the role of working memory, and (3) the clinical implications of the working memory model. Funding Information: The papers in this volume were originally presented at the 12th Annual Research Symposium on Working Memory held in Atlanta, Georgia in November 2002. This symposium was sponsored by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders and the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.",
year = "2003",
doi = "10.1016/S0021-9924(03)00018-2",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "36",
pages = "185--188",
journal = "Clinics in communication disorders",
issn = "0021-9924",
publisher = "Elsevier Inc.",
number = "3",
}