作さ業ぎょう記き憶おく

noun

working memory

Technical term in cognitive psychology and neuroscience. Refers to the system that temporarily holds and manipulates information for complex tasks. Often contrasted with short-term memory. The loanword ワーキングメモリー is also common.

See also: ワーキングメモリー

• 作さ業ぎょう記き憶おくは、情じょう報ほうを一いち時じ的てきに保ほ持じし処しょ理りする能のう力りょくです。

  Working memory is the ability to temporarily hold and process information.

• この実じっ験けんでは、被ひ験けん者しゃの作さ業ぎょう記き憶おくの容よう量りょうを測そく定ていした。

  In this experiment, the subjects' working memory capacity was measured.