Abstract

This article briefly reviews and organizes research findings from the past few decades that focused on working
memory and intelligence. Working memory is a psychological construct that focuses attention, and it is commonly
viewed as a temporary storage that holds and manipulates information. Intelligence is a general cognitive ability
associated with efficient higher-order thinking such as reasoning and problem solving skills. Decades of research
ranging from empirical to brain-behavior studies have shown a strong link between working memory and
intelligence, and researchers have begun to manipulate this relationship to further study the complex psychological
construct of intelligence. Although the current active research in cognitive training has created much possibility in
modifying the two cognitive abilities, there is still a long way to go in achieving thorough understanding of two
important constructs in human cognition.

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