Memory- Working Memory Model Flashcards
Working Memory Model stores
Central executive
Visuospatial sketchpad
Phonological loop
Episodic buffer
Long term memory
Central executive
‘Master store’ which directs environmental stimuli to the appropriate stores
Phonological loop
Processes sounds/ auditory information
Includes the phonological store and articulatory process
Phonological store
‘Inner ear’
Processes auditory stimuli from the environment
Articulatory process
‘Inner voice’
Responsible for rehearsing information
Visuospatial sketchpad
Responsible for processing visual and spatial information
Consists of visual cache and inner scribe
Visual cache
Stores visual data like colour and shape
Inner scribe
Stores spatial information
What is the Working Memory Model a model of ?
Short term memory
Which store was added later to make the model more comprehensive
Episodic buffer
Case study supporting the idea that the STM consists of multiple stores
Patient KF
Patient KF
Had a motorcycle accident and was left with normal visual STM but damaged verbal STM
Study supporting the idea that STM has multiple stores
Baddeley and Hitch
Baddeley and Hitch study
Found verbal and visual tasks could be performed at the same time but two of the same tasks couldn’t
Case study contradicting the idea that LTM is one store
Patient HM
Patient HM case study
Had hippocampus removed and could not form new explicit memories but could form implicit memories
Supporting studies for WMM
Patient KF
Baddeley and Hitch
Contradicting study for WMM
Patient HM
