Visuo-spatial sketchpad

• Visuo-spatial sketchpad (VSS) - Stores visual and spatial information and the relationship between them (what items are and where they are located)
• Visuo-spatial sketchpad: Capacity

  • Limited to 3-4 objects (Baddeley, 2003)
• The visuo-spatial sketchpad is subdivided into:

  • The visual cache, which stores visual data
  • The inner scribe, which records the arrangement of objects in the visual field
• The visuo-spatial sketchpad combines the visual and spatial information processed by other stores, giving us a 'complete picture'

  • Eg when recalling the architecture of a famous landmark