Multi Store Model Of Memory AO3

• There is research evidence to support the existence of Stores eg. Baddeley's list-recall experiment suggested STM and LTM are separate and coded acoustically for STM and semantically for LTM
• Although the multi-store model was a useful starting point for memory, there is also considerable evidence against it eg. [flashbulb memories (vivid memories of specific events) challenge the idea that memory is processed in a linear fashion], and the model is considered to be oversimplified in suggesting that the stores are unitary and operate in a single, uniform way eg. research suggests that there are different types of LTM (procedural, episodic, semantic) processed in different parts of the brain
• Nevertheless, the multi-store model gave a good understanding of the structure and process of memory and has been the basis of (future) models of memory eg. the working model of memory which proposes that STM is split into several components (central executive in charge with slave systems with different responsibilities)
• Some research has challenged the multi-store model e.g. SHALLICE and WARRINGTON studied (KF) who had amnesia-KF could recall digits after reading them, but not when read aloud to him, suggesting STM is more complex than the multi-store model proposed
• Other case studies such as HM do support the idea that LTM and STM are separate - after part of his hippocampus was removed, his STM was strong but his LTM didn't work, supporting the multi-store model's proposals that they are stored in separate places