The phonological loop

• What does the phonological loop do?

  It deals with auditory information and has a limited capacity.
• What did Baddeley (1986) divide the phonological loop into?

  1. The phonological store: 'inner ear' holds information we hear for 1-2 seconds.
  2. Articulatory process: holds words heard or seen and silently repeated (looped) like an inner voice. This is a kind of maintenance rehearsal.