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A biocognitive approach to the conscious core of immediate memory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2001

Bernard J. Baars
Affiliation:
The Wright Institute, Berkeley, CA 94704 baars@cogsci.berkeley.edu
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Abstract

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The limited capacity of immediate memory “rides” on the even more limited capacity of consciousness, which reflects the dynamic activity of the thalamocortical core of the brain. Recent views of the conscious narrow-capacity component of the brain are explored with reference to global workspace theory (Baars 1988; 1993; 1998). The radical limits of immediate memory must be explained in terms of biocognitive brain architecture.

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Brief Report
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© 2001 Cambridge University Press