working memory model

What does the wwm looking into?

Short term memory

Why did the wwm get made?

Because the multi-store model has the stm as a single store but the wwm argue there a several separate stores

What controls the stores

Central executive

What does the central executive do?

Controls the system, allocates tasks to slave systems, limited capacity

What are the 2 main stores called?

Visual spatial sketchpad

Phonological loop

What other store is there?

Episodic buffer

What is the visual spacial sketchpad?

Helps your remember pictures, shapes, locations and movements

What are the subcomponents of the phonological loop?

Phonological store

Articulatory store

What does the phonological store do?

Inner ear

Stores words you hear

What do the articulatory store do?

Inner voice

Allows you to repeat information in your head