Episodic Buffer

• who added a FOURTH COMPONENT to the working mem model?

  Baddeley
• what was the fourth component added to the working memory model?


  called the ''episodic buffer''
• What is the Episodic Buffer?

  a third storage system, dedicated to linking information across all domains to form integrated units of visual, spatial, and verbal information.
• What is the Episodic Buffer also assumed to have links to?

  Long term memory
• what was the main motivation for introducing this component?

  The observation that some (in particular, highly intelligent) patients with amnesia, who presumably have no ability to code new information into LTM, nevertheless have good SHORT-TERM RECALL of stories, recalling much more info than could be held in the PHONOLOGICAL LOOP
• The episodic buffer has not been investigated extensively

  • Its functions remain vague