McDougle Samuel D, Hillman Hanna
Dept of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06510, USA; Wu Tsai Institute, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
Dept of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
Trends Cogn Sci. 2025 Sep 13. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2025.08.011.
Working memory (WM) is crucial for planning, reasoning, and learning, and is one of the most extensively studied topics in cognitive psychology and neuroscience. However, the concept of a WM subsystem for motor content - or 'motor working memory' (MWM) - is generally neglected, even though MWM likely plays an important role in everyday action. Here, we synthesize evidence that the brain both prospectively and retrospectively maintains motor content in WM and propose that MWM carries out multiple key computational functions in motor control and skill learning. A focused research program on MWM is overdue and will deepen our understanding of the links between cognition and action.
工作记忆对计划、推理和学习至关重要，是认知心理学和神经科学中研究最为广泛的主题之一。然而，尽管运动工作记忆（MWM）可能在日常行动中发挥重要作用，但用于运动内容的工作记忆子系统概念，即“运动工作记忆”，却普遍被忽视。在此，我们综合了相关证据，表明大脑在工作记忆中前瞻性和回顾性地维持运动内容，并提出运动工作记忆在运动控制和技能学习中执行多种关键的计算功能。针对运动工作记忆的重点研究计划早该进行了，这将加深我们对认知与行动之间联系的理解。
