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Working memory is exactly like CPU cache. Data must be first moved to WM from mid and longterm storage in brain (RAM and SSD respectively) before being processed by the brain centres.

Consciousness is a process that runs concurrently with the main process and follows it, hence we know about our thought. In this analogy, WM and consciousness have little relation.

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I agree, but attention is what is missing I think.

Consciousness is merely the awareness of existence, while attention is the process that works with the working memory.

To me, consciousness is a log file that is partially in working memory and has logged the current state of the system.

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