THE WORKING MEMORY MODEL

THE WORKING MEMORY MODEL

1. CENTRAL EXECUTIVE

   • monitiors incoming information, allocates slave system for information to be transferred to

2. PHONOLOGICAL LOOP

   • deals with auditory information, includes both written and spoken material
     • PHONOLOGICAL STORE
       • stores the words that you hear.
     • ARTICULATORY PROCESS
       • allows maintence rehearsal.

3. VISUA-SPATIAL SKETCHPAD

   • processes visual and spatial information.
     • VISUAL CACHE
       • stores visual data
     • INNER SCRIBE
       • records the arrangement of objects in the visual field

4. EPISODIC BUFFER

   • temporary store for information, intergrating the visual, spatial and verbal information processed by the other stores