Working memory Model

Working memory Model

1. Central Executive

   • Attentional Process
   • Monitors Data
   • Allocates Slave Systems
   • Limited Capacity

2. Episodic Buffer

   • Temporary Store of Information
     • Gathers All Information From Other Stores
       • Sequences It
   • Storage Component of The CE
     • Limited Capacity
       • 4 Chunks
   • Links WWM to LTM

3. Phonological Loop

   • Slave System
   • Codes Acoustically
   • Preserves Order of Information
   • Phonological Store/Articulatory Process
     • Stores Words We Hear
     • Allows Maintenance Rehearsal

4. Visuo-Spatial Sketchpad

   • Stores Visual/Spatial Information
   • Limited Capacity
     • 3-4 Items
   • Visual Cache/Inner Scribe
     • Stores Visual Data
     • Records Arrangement of Objects