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

提出的研究的总体目标是显著推进我们对言语工作记忆的神经机制的理解。几十年来对言语工作记忆认知心理学的研究表明，人们记住言语信息的主要方式是通过声下排练，或内心言语。换句话说，为了保持语言信息在意识中的高度，我们利用了我们与自己进行内部对话的能力。在巴德利和同事们的经典语言工作记忆模型中

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