This special issue of the International Journal of Psychology had its origins in the Quebec 98 Conference on Short-Term Memory, held in Quebec City, Canada, in June 1998. Following this conference, participants were invited to submit contributions based on, and expanding upon, their presentation at this conference. The enthusiastic response made it possible to collect the selection of articles that are presented in this text. It must be noted that because of the finite journal space available, the editors and reviewers were faced with the difficult problem of selecting only a limited number...