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Working memory model
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memory store can do more than
two
things at once
it is an explaination of how short-term memory is
organised
and how it works
it is concerned with the part of the mind that is
active
when we are temporarily
storing
and manipulating information from the environment
there are four main components: central executive,
phonological loop
, episodic buffer,
visuo-spatical sketchpad
the
central executive
is a
attentional
process that moniters incoming data
the
central executive
is the boss of the
working memory
the
central executive
has a very
limited
processing capacity
the
phonological loop
is one of the
slave
systems
phonological loop processes
auditory
information
phonological loops
have two sub-divisions :
phonological
store, the articulatory process
the
phonological
store stores the words that you
hear
the
articulatory process
allows for maintenance
rehersal
the
visuo-spatial sketchpad
is another
slave system
the
visuo-spatial sketchpad
stores
visual
and spacial information
the
visuo-spacial sketchpad
can hold
3-4
objects
the
visuo-spatial sketchpad
is sub-divided into :
visual cache
, the inner scribe
the
visual
cache stores
visual
data
the
inner scribe
records the arrangement of objects in the
visual field
the
episodic buffer
is the
third
slave system
episodic buffer
was added to model in
2000
the episodic buffer is seen as the storage component of the
central executive
episodic buffer
is a
temporary
store of information
episodic buffer
can hold up to
4
items at once
episodic buffer holds together different types of info from other
slave
systems