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Christiansen, M.H. & MacDonald, M.C. (1999). Fractionating linguistic
working memory: Even in pebbles, it's still a soup stone. Behavioral
and Brain Sciences, 22, 97-98. [
Commentary on D. Caplan & G.S. Waters (1999). Verbal working memory
and sentence comprehension. Behavioral and Brain
Sciences, 22, 77-94.]
Fractionated working memory: Even in pebbles,
it's still a soup stone
Morten H. Christiansen & Maryellen C. MacDonald
Program in Neural, Informational and Behavioral Sciences
University of Southern California
University Park MC-2520
Los Angeles, CA 90089-2520
Abstract
We agree with Caplan and Waters that there are problems with the
single resource theory of sentence comprehension. However, we
challenge their dual resource alternative on theoretical and empirical
grounds, and point to a more coherent solution which abandons the
notion of working memory resources.
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