Definition of "working memory" []

• Memory for intermediate results that must be held during thinking (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Thus, we can see what we call content-specific active working memory weaknesses."
• "As a result, far too much of her active working memory space wasused up with the effort to spell correctly, and that sabotaged her thought processes or original thinking during writing."
• "M. D. Rapport, et al., Hyperactivity in boys with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder ADHD: A ubiquitous core symptom or manifestation of working memory deficits?"