Working Memory Model Flashcards

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Why did the wmm arise

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baddeley suggested that there must be more components of memory and that it is more complex than the multi store memory model

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Central executive

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Attentional control subslave system
Limited capacity

Allocates subsystems into tasks, no storage

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Phonological loop

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Processes auditory information
Storage in the phonological store
Arculitary process also allows maintenance rehearsal 
Acts as a inner voice
Holds for 1-2 secs
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Visuo spatial sketchpad

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Stores visual/spatial information
Limited capacity
Contains an inner scribe which is for rehearsal
Storage in visual cache

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Episodic buffer

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Integrates information which is processed by other subsystems

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Evidence

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shallice + warrington
case study of patient KF who suffered brain damage to their STM but not LTM
Remebered words better if presented witg it visually as opposed to auditorily

Supports the idea of seperate slave systems

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Support

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Dual task performance studies conducted by Baddeley showed poor performance on activities using the same subsystem

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Negative

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KF study unethical, not proper support as conducting research on an amnesia patient eliminates informed consent as they are unable to

KF was also a unique case study and isnt representative of the general population

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