A biocognitive approach to the conscious core of immediate memory

Authors
Baars, BJ
Citation
Bj. Baars, A biocognitive approach to the conscious core of immediate memory, BEHAV BRAIN, 24(1), 2001, pp. 115
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology,"Neurosciences & Behavoir
Journal title
BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES
ISSN journal
0140525X → ACNP
Volume
24
Issue
1
Year of publication
2001
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-525X(200102)24:1<115:ABATTC>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
The limited capacity of immediate memory "rides" on the even more limited c apacity of consciousness, which reflects the dynamic activity of the thalam ocortical core of the brain. Recent views of the conscious narrow-capacity component of the brain are explored with reference to global workspace theo ry (Baars 1988; 1993; 1998). The radical limits of immediate memory must be explained in terms of biocognitive brain architecture.