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What is the Visuo-spatial sketchpad (VSS)?
-
deals
with
temporary
storage
of
visual
and
spatial
information
-
essentially
holds
static
images
and
manipulates
them
-
sub-divided
into a
visual
cache
and
inner
scribe
visual information example
what
things
look
like, such as the
shape
and
size
of
letters
in a
word
spatial
information
the
relationship
between
objects
VSS capacity
3-4
items
VSS coding
relies
on a
visual
code
in
terms
of
shape
,
size
and
colour
visual cache
stores
information
about
visual
items
i.e.
shape
and
colour
inner scribe
deals
with
spatial relations
and
records
the
arrangement
of
obiects
in the
visual field
