The working model of memory

The Working Memory Model- Baddley & Hitch (1974)

The Central executive

Controls attention and guides it towards the two slave systems (phonological loop and visuo-spatial sketchpad)

The Phonological loop

Acts as a temporary storage system for verbal information. 

Has two components: the articulary control process (inner voice) and the phonological store (inner ear).  The phonological store acts as temporary space for coding acoustic information & has a limited capacity.

The Visuo-spatial sketchpad

A temporary storage system for visual and spatial information which has two components: inner scribe and visual cache.

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