A concept that often comes up in discussions of short-term memory is that of ‘working memory’. This term generally refers to a larger theoretical construct that has to do with how we flexibly keep information in mind while we do things like problem-solving – short-term memory is generally considered a type of working memory. Conceptual differences between these terms and the way they are used are often incredibly important for researchers, but for the sake of this discussion, I’m going to use them interchangeably.
