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Working memory - Openforum

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By Henry Taylor
| Open Forum
You know that feeling when you walk into a room and immediately forget why you came in? Maybe you were there to fetch your keys. On your way to the room, you were thinking about grabbing your keys. But once you arrive, your keys have completely disappeared from your mind. This is sometimes known as the doorway effect, since it often strikes when you walk into a new room. Why does it happen? The answer has a lot to do with a faculty called working memory.
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How working memory could give rise to consciousness

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By Henry Taylor
| Scientific American Verified
Working memory is the information we need to access to complete the tasks we're engaged in right now, and scientists think it may be closely entwined with consciousness The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation , an online publication covering the latest research. You know that feeling when you walk into a room and immediately forget why you came in? Maybe you were there to fetch your keys. On your way to the room, you were thinking about grabbing your keys.
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Consciousness: how ‘working memory’ may mysteriously give rise to it Original

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By Henry Taylor
| The Conversation Verified
You know that feeling when you walk into a room and immediately forget why you came in? Maybe you were there to fetch your keys. On your way to the room, you were thinking about grabbing your keys. But once you arrive, your keys have completely disappeared from your mind. This is sometimes known as the doorway effect, since it often strikes when you walk into a new room. Why does it happen? The answer has a lot to do with a faculty called working memory.
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