WMM Flashcards
what are the first 2 stage of the WMM
info from environment, central executive
code and capacity and role of central executive
code=any
capacity=unlimited
role=take on new/demanding tasks and delegate task to slave systems
what takes on auditory tasks
phonological loop
what is the phonological loop made of
phonological store
articulatory loop
what is the coding and capacity of the phonological loop
coding=acoustically
capacity=limited
what does the articulatory loop do
inner voice
repeats words
what does the phonological store do
inner ear
stores words
what takes an visual tasks
visuo-spatial sketch pad
what is the coding and capacity of the visual spatial sketchpad
coding=visual
capacity=limited
what is the visual spatial sketch pad made of
inner scribe
visual cache
what does the visual cache do
stores visual data
what does the inner scribe do
records placement of objects
what is the last stage of the WMM
episodic buffer
what does the episodic buffer do
combines all info to make an event and transfer it to the LTM
AO3:patient KF
P:patient KF
E:digits read aloud=poor recall
digits he can see=good recall
E:different systems, PL is damaged, VSS is intact
L:increase val
A03: negative of KF
P:low pop val
E:rare illness of amnesia
E:may work different to a brain with no illness
L:decrease ex val
A03:dual performance task research
P:dual task research
E:Baddley found it’s hard to do 2 visual tasks at once compared to doing a visual and verbal task
E:separate slave systems
L:increase val
