The Articulatory Loop

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    • what is the articulatory loop?
      a verbal rehearsal loop which holds information in an articulatory code
    • why is the articulatory loop like an inner voice?
      because you ''hear '' in your head the phone number as you are attempting to remember it
    • when was the capacity of articulatory loop discovered?
      when Baddeley et al showed that people involved in a recall task could immediately recall as many words as they could read out in 2 seconds, but no more
    • what did badeley et al's results show?

      Therefore, the capacity is determined by how long it takes for information to be spoken out loud, not by the number of items as suggested by Miller
      • This is considered to be a 2 second time limit