Zusammenfassung der Ressource
19 Short-term memory is limited
- Working memory and focused attention
- The brain lights up when working memory is active
- When a task involves working memory, the prefrontal cortex lightsup.
- If a task includes remembering numbers or words there will be activity
on the left hemisphere.
- If task involves spatial relations then the right hemisphere will also
be active
- Stress impairs working memory
- More working memory equals better performance in school