This volume brings together cutting-edge research on the growing importance of working memory, from social evolution, to expertise, to brain training. It examines how working memory influences our lives, as well as the evidence on what can impact working memory, from sleep, to diet, to stress.

Tracy Packiam Alloway, Ph.D., is interested in the role of working memory in education, particularly in individuals with learning disorders. Her research has received widespread media attention and appeared in over 250 news articles. She has also been invited to comment on television and radio as an expert on working memory.

Ross G. Alloway, Ph.D., is involved in cutting-edge research on the impact of a highly saturated technological environment on the brain. He has co-published work on the growth and decline of working memory over the lifespan, as well as the importance of working memory in education, which was featured on the BBC Radio and in the UK Sunday Times.

Part I: Working Memory: The Connected Intelligence. T.P. Alloway, R.G. Alloway, Working Memory: An Introduction. A.R.A. Conway, B.N. Macnamara, P.M.J. Engel de Abreu, Working Memory and Intelligence: An Overview. F.L. Coolidge, T.Wynn, K.A. Overmann, The Evolution of Working Memory. Part II: Working Memory across the Lifespan. T.P. Alloway, R.G. Alloway, Working Memory in Development. C. Basak, E.M. Zelinski, A Hierarchical Model of Working Memory and its Change in Healthy Older Adults. Part III: Working Memory and Expertise. K.A. Ericsson, J.H. Moxley, Working Memory that Mediates Experts' Performance: Why it is Qualitatively Different from Traditional Working Memory. D.Z. Hambrick, E.J. Meinz, Working Memory Capacity and Musical Skill. Part IV: Working Memory and the Body and Mind. S. Kanoski, Working Memory and Diet. P. Whitney, P.J. Rosen, Sleep Deprivation and Performance: The Role of Working Memory. L. Visu-Petra, L. Cheie, A.C. Miu, Working Memory and Anxiety: Exploring the Interplay of Individual Differences across Development. A.S. Moss, D.A. Monti, A. Newberg, Working Memory and Mindfulness. Part V: Working Memory and Decision Making. A. Mattarella-Micke, S.L. Beilock, The Integration of Emotion and Cognitive Control. B.J. Nagel, M.M. Herting, A. Cservenka,Working Memory and Addictive Behavior. Part VI: The Future of Working Memory: Training. S.M. Jaeggi, M. Buschkuehl, Training Working Memory. C. Lustig, P.A. Reuter-Lorenz,Training Working Memory: Insights from Neuroimaging.