working memory

English

Noun

working memory (countable and uncountable, plural working memories)

1. (psychology) A cognitive system with a limited capacity that can hold information temporarily.

   Coordinate term: short-term memory

   • 2011 January 4, Milton J. Dehn, Working Memory and Academic Learning, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 7:

     Not only can working memory assessment inform the diagnosis of learning disabilities, but the early screening of working memory could identify children at risk for learning problems.

   • 2014 February 4, Susan E. Gathercole, Alan D. Baddeley, Working Memory and Language, Psychology Press, →ISBN, page 25:

     In each case, our primary interest is in identifying what role, if any, is played by working memory in the development of the particular domain of language ability.

Translations

cognitive system with a limited capacity

• Arabic: ذاكرة عاملة
• Catalan: memòria de treball f
• Danish: arbejdshukommelse
• Dutch: werkgeheugen (nl) n
• Estonian: töömälu
• Finnish: työmuisti (fi)
• French: mémoire de travail (fr) f
• German: Arbeitsgedächtnis n
• Hebrew: זיכרון עבודה
• Hungarian: munkamemória
• Italian: memoria di lavoro f
• Japanese: ワーキングメモリ
• Kazakh: қызметтік жады (qyzmettık jady)
• Persian: حافظه کاری
• Polish: pamięć robocza f
• Portuguese: memória de trabalho f
• Russian: рабо́чая па́мять (ru) f (rabóčaja pámjatʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: radna memorija f
• Spanish: memoria de trabajo f
• Swedish: arbetsminne (sv) n
• Turkish: çalışma belleği
• Ukrainian: робоча пам'ять f (roboča pamʺjatʹ)

Further reading

• working memory on Wikipedia.Wikipedia