Working Memory Updating

Also known as: N-back · Working memory · Executive updating

The ability to continuously monitor, update and replace information in working memory. The N-back task requires maintaining a running buffer of the last N stimuli and comparing each new stimulus against the buffered one — a core executive function.

Source:

Kirchner, W. K. (1958). Age differences in short-term retention of rapidly changing information. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 55(4), 352-358.

DOI:

10.1037/h0043688