The Importance of Working Memory

The pervasiveness of working memory in a lot of aspects of our functioning means that oftentimes what's really a working memory issue is mistaken to something else. So if this water bottle exists right now when I'm in the room, when I leave the room and it's still there, that means that it existed while I was not in the room. Object permanence does not mean that you're actively thinking about the thing between the time points. It doesn't mean that that's in your mind and you're considering it between the time point. And then come back and be genuinely surprised, not, oh, forgot that the water bottle was there. But, oh my God, the water