Anatomical Areas

Anatomical Areas

1. Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex

   • Central Executive
     • Updating
     • Shifting
     • Inhibiting

2. Inferior Frontal Cortex

   • Visuospatial Sketchpad
     • Images
     • Color
     • Shape
     • Configuration
   • Phonological Loop
     • Verbally encoded information
     • Rehearsal that prevents decay
     • Time-based
     • capacity limit/2 second decay rate

3. Temporoparietal Region

   • Episodic Buffer
     • Links visual and spatial with verbal
     • Encodes chunks into LTM
     • Capacity limit determined by Central Executive
     • Span: 15 word sentences

4. Peach, R. K., & Shapiro, L. P. (2012). Cognition and Acquired Language Disorders: An Information processing Approach. St. Louis, MS: Elsevier/Mosby

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