The memory system

Question 1

What are the 4 parts of the WMM ?

Answer 1

• phonological loop
• episodic buffer
• visuospatial sketchpad
• central executive

Question 2

What is the central executive ?

Answer 2

• controls the WMM
• uses 3 other systems to control what goes in and out

Question 3

What is the phonlogical loop ?

Answer 3

• auditory information
• deals with the memory trace which is the initial idea of the skill which can be sent to the LTM
• then motor programme to produce movement

Question 4

What is the visuo-spatial sketchpad ?

Answer 4

• stores visual and spatial
• processes the feel of the movement
• visual cache = form + colour
• Inner scribe = spatial + movement

Question 5

What is the episodic buffer ?

Answer 5

• coordinates sight, hearing and movement
• moves the information form the working memory to the LTM
• memory trace made by the episodic buffer is sent to the LTM
• Duration = 30 secs
• Capacity = 5-9 items

Question 6

What is the process of the working memory in sports ?

Answer 6

1. Working memory gets information from the display
2. selective attention filter the important things
3. Working memory produces trace
4. LTM compares the trace to information stored
5. LTM sends information back to the working memory
6. Working memory sends coded information to LTM for future use

Question 7

What are the features and function of the working memory ?

Answer 7

• working memory initiates the action by sending the memory trace
• can hold 5-9 items of information before overload
• information only lasts 30 secs before being lost or used
• important information is stored as a motor programme in the LTM

Question 8

What are the 7 strategies to good storage of information ?

Answer 8

1. reinforce using reward - motivation to remember the right actions
2. Association - associate actions you wish to learn with appropriate actions or emotion already stored
3. Mental practice - imagining routines of a skill with no movement
4. Chunking - breaking skills into parts, learning one part before learning the next
5. Focus - ignoring distractions which improves selective attention
6. repetition - ensures skill is coded and stored as a motor programme
7. Chaining - linking moves together as a sequence