Working memory is a sort of "mental sketchpad" that allows you to accomplish everyday tasks such as calling in your hungry family's takeout order and finding the bathroom you were just told "will be ...

MIT neuroscientists present a new model of working memory that explains how the brain holds information in mind (the 'memory' part) and also executes volitional control over it (the 'working' part).

Citations: Cerf, Moran, Ashesh Mehta. 2018. Breathing above the brainstem: Volitional control and attentional modulation in humans. journal of neurophysiology. 145-149.

It has been my experience that most issues of performance and practice, including “stage fright,” can be alleviated through the development of sustained and focused attention. Although every person’s ...