episodic buffer- 3rd subsystem

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    • added to the model in 2000 by Baddeley
    • Baddeley updated it after a number of studies found results the model couldn’t explain:
      • how the LTM may be brought into our working memory
      • how sounds and visual information are integrated
    • The EB is where visual, spatial and verbal information is integrated to the LTM
    • It records events that are happening
    • Has A limited capacity of about 4 chucks (Baddeley 2012)
    • Links working memory to LTM and Wider cognitive processes that we have