Working memory (the active feedback loops that constitute your current thinking) is subtly different from short-term memory. This is still an area of active res

Working memory (the active feedback loops that constitute your current thinking) is subtly different from short-term memory. This is still an area of active research. Working memory can hold a limited number of things (usually said to be 7), whereas short-term memory has a larger limit in capacity and time. These are both temporary systems that feed off each other and rely on the larger long-term memory to give meaning and context to the "symbols" they contain. Everything is interconnected, so making definitive statements about any of this is hard. (IANANeuroScientist but my work does Neuroscience research)