Ronald T. Kellogg
Long-term working memory in text production
Missouri University of Science and Technology
reading highlevel cognitive tasks ericsson kintsch 1995 proposed limited capacity shortterm working memory stwm supplemented long term working memory ltwm individuals high degree domainspecific knowledge experiment 1 college students n 80 wrote persuasive narrative texts concerning baseball domainspecific knowledge baseball verbal ability assessed results showed verbal ability domainspecific knowledge independently affected writing skill supporting view literacy depends knowledge sources refuting one argument raised support ltwm hypothesis experiment 2 n 42 replicated outcome tested prediction high degree domainspecific knowledge would lessen interference secondary task data supported interference prediction offering evidence ltwm plays role production text