processes auditory information like sounds and words
preserves the order in which the information arrives
Baddeley (1986) further subdivided it into:
phonological store
articulatory process
articulatory process: the inner voice (holds words you hera, see and silently repeats them in a loop) like an inner voice. this is a kind of maintenance rehearsal
limited capacity, believed to be 2 seconds of what you say
the phonological store- inner ear ( holds words that have been heard for 1-2 seconds)