TY  - JOUR
AB  - Traditionally, short-term memory (STM) has been assessed by asking participants to remember words, visual objects, or numbers for a short amount of time before their recall or recognition of those items is tested. However, this focus on memory for past sensory input might have obscured potential theoretical insights into the function of this cognitive faculty. Here, we suggest that STM may have an important role in predicting future sensory input. This reconceptualization of STM may provide a functional explanation for its capacity limitation.
DA  - 2021
DO  - 10.1177/09637214211029977
KW  - uncertainty
KW  - top-down processes
KW  - sequence
KW  - surprise
KW  - future
LA  - eng
IS  - 5
M2  - 384
PY  - 2021
SN  - 0963-7214
SP  - 384-390
T2  - Current Directions in Psychological Science
TI  - The Predictive Brain Must Have a Limitation in Short-Term Memory Capacity
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0070-pub-29573510
Y2  - 2024-11-22T11:19:45
ER  -