The Working Memory Model

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Central executive
Drives whole system - attentional process that monitors incoming information and allocates tasks to slave systems.
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Phonological loop
Deals with auditory information, subdivided into phonological store and articulatory process.
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Phonological store
Stores words you hear.
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Articulatory process
Allows for maintenance rehearsal, repeats sounds to keep them in the working memory (about 2 seconds).
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Visuo-spatial sketchpad
Stores visual and spatial information when required (eg. recalling how many windows your house has).
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Visual cache
Stores visual data.
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Inner scribe
Records arrangement of objects in visual field.
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Episodic buffer
Integrates visual, spatial and verbal information from other stores, maintains sense of time sequencing recording events that are happening.
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Deals with auditory information, subdivided into phonological store and articulatory process.

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Phonological loop

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Stores words you hear.

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Allows for maintenance rehearsal, repeats sounds to keep them in the working memory (about 2 seconds).

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Stores visual and spatial information when required (eg. recalling how many windows your house has).

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