HRPYC-81 – PROJECT: 4813 ASS: 61

Using modern neuroimaging technologies to investigate age-related changes in memory “Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future.” –Elie Wiesel (Wiesel, 2002). “We should speak of the memory we use for the execution of our plans as kind of quick access, “working memory” (Miller et al, 1960, as cited in Eposito & Postle, 2015) Working memory is a cognitive system responsible for temporarily holding information available for processing. Working memory is considered vitally important for both reasoning and for the guidance of our day to day decision making as well as for our behaviour. Over the past 50 years, psychologists have begun to recognise the significance of working memory to both the co-ordination of processing when multiple goals are operational as well as to guide behaviour with information that is not present in the immediate environment (Eposito & Postle, 2015). More recently research has shown that information is encoded into working memory by allocating attention to internal representations whether it be semantic long term memory, sensory or motoric (Eposito & Postle, 2015). The two most influential models for how working memory functions are the multicomponent model and the model of working memory as a part of long term memory (LTM) (or embedded processes model