In pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42637858/ we highlight "WM usage" as a memory property which is independent of "WM capacity", deserving its own theoretical and empirical study.
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Stable tendencies in spontaneous working memory usage during flexible behaviour - PubMed
Unlike standard working memory (WM) tasks, real-world settings allow individuals to spontaneously adapt how much information to use from WM before resampling the environment. Here, we considered whether individuals exhibit distinct, trait-like tendencies in their spontaneous use of WM. Across three …