Chapter 10. Internal context and attention, working memory, and effort

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Chapter 10
Internal context and attention, working memory, and effort

Published online: 26 August 2019

Article outline

1.Introduction
2.Attention
- 2.1Attention and cognition
- 2.2Attention and bilingual processing
3.Working memory
- 3.1Working memory and cognition
  - 3.1.1Working memory and POpS synchronization
  - 3.1.2Working memory capacity
  - 3.1.3Affective working memory
- 3.2Working memory and bilingual processing
  - 3.2.1Working memory and conceptual structures
  - 3.2.2Working memory capacity
    - 3.2.2.1What is working memory capacity?
    - 3.2.2.2Some implications of the MCF account of working memory capacity
    - 3.2.2.3Conclusion
  - 3.2.3Affective working memory in bilingual processing
4.Cognitive effort
- 4.1Effort and cognition
  - 4.1.1What is cognitive effort?
  - 4.1.2When is processing effortful?
  - 4.1.3Effort and positive value
  - 4.1.4Effort and volition
- 4.2Effort in bilingual processing
  - 4.2.1Goals, effort, and effortless bilingual processing
  - 4.2.2Effort resulting from inherent difficulty of the task
  - 4.2.3Effort and outside-in context in bilingual processing
  - 4.2.4Effort and goal conflict in bilingual processing
  - 4.2.5Effort as internal context
  - 4.2.6A note on code-switching and effort
  - 4.2.7Conclusion
5.Conclusion
Notes