Working Memory Model

Baddeley and Hitch (1974) proposed the Working Memory Model, an enhancement of the multi-store explanation of how memory works. It consists of three sections:

• Articulatory-Phonological Loop

  The loop stores auditory information the ears, as well as containing an articulatory system for speech production.

• Visual-Spacial Sketch Pad

  This manages visual coding.

• Central Executive

  Information rehersed from the articulatory-phonological loop and visual-spacial sketch pad goes to the central executive. This is our 'attention'.

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A theory on how our memory 'works' to remember things in different ways.

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