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ArticleJournal of cognition2025

Working Memory and Executive Functions: Theoretical Advances.

Sergio Morra, Steven J Howard, Vanessa M Loaiza

Abstract readEditorial
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Article in Journal of cognition, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Sergio MorraDepartment of Education, Universitàdi Genova, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8537-181X
Steven J HowardEarly Start and School of Education, University of Wollongong, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1258-3210
Vanessa M LoaizaSchool of Psychology, The University of Sheffield, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5000-7089

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This editorial presents a special collection on working memory and executive functions. Six articles are presented and their contributions to current theoretical debates are briefly discussed.

Indexed as

cognitive developmentexecutive functionsworking memory

Identifiers

PMID39803173
PMCPMC11720567

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Registered trials

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