Representation, Storage, and Decay in Auditory-Verbal Working Memory

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The overarching goal of the proposed research is to significantly advance our understanding of the neural mechanisms underlying verbal working memory. Decades of research on the cognitive psychology of verbal working memory have shown that the primary way in which people keep verbal information in mind is through subvocal rehearsal, or inner speech. In other words, to keep verbal information aloft in consciousness we make use of our capacity to carry on an internal conversation with ourselves. In Baddeley and colleagues’ classic model of verbal working memory, the