Central Executive. Weakness: the central executive
has been criticised by other
‘’Head of the model’’ controls attention, receives sense information
psychologists as not fully open to
and filters this before passing on to sub systems. Limited in capacity,
testing. Baddeley admits the
(4 items) working on one type of information at a time. But can
concept need development, and
switch attention between different inputs.
the inclusion of the episodic buffer
is part of this.
Phonological Loop.
Processes auditory
(sound) coded Visuo-spatial
information. sketchpad.
Central executive
Primary acoustic/ Processes visual and
phonological store. spatially coded
Phonological Visuo- spatial
The inner ear. information,
loop sketchpad
Holding words thought of as the
recently heard. ‘inner eye’’.
Primary acoustic Episodic Inner scribe
Articulatory store Visual Cache- a
Buffer
process. The inner Visual cache passive store of
voice. Holds Articulatory form and colour.
control process
information via Inner scribe- active
sub-vocal store holding the
repetition.
Long term memory relationships
The PL has a limited between objects in
capacity of what 3D space.
can be said in 2
seconds (word
length effect).
Episodic buffer.
Added to WMM in 200, as the Model needed a general store to
hold and integrate information from the VSS, POL , CE and long
term memory.
has been criticised by other
‘’Head of the model’’ controls attention, receives sense information
psychologists as not fully open to
and filters this before passing on to sub systems. Limited in capacity,
testing. Baddeley admits the
(4 items) working on one type of information at a time. But can
concept need development, and
switch attention between different inputs.
the inclusion of the episodic buffer
is part of this.
Phonological Loop.
Processes auditory
(sound) coded Visuo-spatial
information. sketchpad.
Central executive
Primary acoustic/ Processes visual and
phonological store. spatially coded
Phonological Visuo- spatial
The inner ear. information,
loop sketchpad
Holding words thought of as the
recently heard. ‘inner eye’’.
Primary acoustic Episodic Inner scribe
Articulatory store Visual Cache- a
Buffer
process. The inner Visual cache passive store of
voice. Holds Articulatory form and colour.
control process
information via Inner scribe- active
sub-vocal store holding the
repetition.
Long term memory relationships
The PL has a limited between objects in
capacity of what 3D space.
can be said in 2
seconds (word
length effect).
Episodic buffer.
Added to WMM in 200, as the Model needed a general store to
hold and integrate information from the VSS, POL , CE and long
term memory.
