Working memory models successfully combine task performance and reaction time

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Is it true that working memory models successfully combine task performance and reaction time?

Yes. Working memory models successfully combine task performance and reaction time.

Verdict: SUPPORTED · 3 sources for, 0 against · Last checked 4 Aug 2026

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The retrieved papers include multiple computational and diffusion-model-based studies that successfully integrate working memory capacity, task performance metrics, and reaction time or mental speed distributions.

Evidence for · 3

Modeling Mental Speed: Decomposing Response Time Distributions in Elementary Cognitive Tasks and Correlations with Working Memory Capacity and Fluid Intelligence

2016

The paper uses diffusion and ex-Gaussian models to successfully link working memory capacity and mental speed parameters to response time distributions.

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Schmitz, F. & Wilhelm, O. (2016). Modeling Mental Speed: Decomposing Response Time Distributions in Elementary Cognitive Tasks and Correlations with Working Memory Capacity and Fluid Intelligence. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence4040013

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Reward-based prioritization in working memory is distinct from recency and due to a resource trade-off.

2025

The study applies drift-diffusion modeling to working memory prioritization to account for both speed and accuracy outcomes without confounding trade-offs.

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TJ, R., CJ, C., TT, T., E, D., & J, S. (2025). Reward-based prioritization in working memory is distinct from recency and due to a resource trade-off.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-025-02810-6

Conflict and control in error monitoring during sustained visual discrimination.

2026

The research utilizes computational models of working memory and cognitive control to simulate continuous task performance including error and response metrics.

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TM, C., LJ, R., L, B., & MB, M. (2026). Conflict and control in error monitoring during sustained visual discrimination.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcogn.2026.1565885

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