The Working memory model‚ proposed by Baddeley and Hitch in 1974 has great significance as it developed the multi-store model of Atkinson and Shiffrin which proposed that information was stored in specific locations; the short-term store‚ long-term store and the sensory store‚ along with suggesting the new idea of central executive and its slave systems. The Central executive is the element which is involved in a higher mental process such as decision making‚ as it can co-ordinate performances
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article that we have read today discusses the Picture span test: Measuring visual working memory capacity involved in remembering and comprehension. This articles primary focus is going to be looking at the concept of working memory and how it actually works and is able to function alongside all other kinds of memory. The beginning of this article starts off by trying to determine the relationship between working memory and cognitive abilities. According to Alan Baddeley these two functions are attached
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In their paper‚ Baddeley and Hitch (1974) proposed a working memory model comprised of three basic components. The central executive was the system that dealt with decision making‚ reasoning and coordination of the other two subsidiary systems. The two subsidiary systems that were initially proposed included the visuospatial sketchpad and articulatory loop. The visuospatial sketchpad was thought to be involved in the transitory storage and manipulation of visual and spatial information‚ while a similar
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Short-term memory as a working memory control process. There is a unique distinction between short-term memory and working memory. Short-term memory is used for holding small pieces of information over a short period of time and the working memory is part of the short-term memory that deals with immediate processes and scientists use it to refer to sustained neural activation. So even though the they directly correspond to one another‚ they have distinct differences that set them apart such as the
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The Working Memory Model (WMM) is a theory by Baddeley and Hitch in 1974. The theory replaces the idea that there is a single Short Term Memory (STM) from Atkinson and Shiffrin (1968)‚ it suggests that the STM is a flexible multi-component system. The WMM suggests that the STM is controlled by the Central Executive (CE) which controls attention‚ planning and synthesising information. The Central Executive is a flexible system which means it can process audio‚ visual and sound information‚ it also
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Evaluate the Working Memory Model The working memory model is a theory for how short-term memory works‚ and an expansion of the views expressed in the MSM theory. Baddeley and Hitch in 1974 felt that STM was not just one store but a collection of different stores. These concepts lead them to form a model which consists of three slave systems; the central executive‚ the phonological loop and the visuo-spatial sketchpad. They used the phrase ‘working memory’ to refer to the division of our memory that we
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Outline and evaluate the working memory model (12 marks) Baddeley and Hitch proposed that memory has 4 components. The central executive‚ phonological loop‚ visuospatial sketchpad and the episodic buffer. The central executive decides how to share out and direct attention to incoming information. The phonological loop can be thought of as a maintenance rehearsal mechanism for retaining verbal information. It is sub-divided into two other components‚ the phonological store (inner ear)‚ which holds
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Abstract Keywords: Interference‚ Memory‚ Caffeine‚ Bilingualism How Interference Affects Working Memory Recall Attention and memory tend to go together. The better attention we pay to something‚ the better we can remember it later on. This notion memory and attention pertains greatly to working memory‚ which deals with small amounts of information that are ready for immediate use (Chun & Turk-Browne‚ 2007). The connection between attention and memory has been studied for many years through
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Baddeley and Hitch (1974) developed an alternative model of short-term memory which they called the working memory model. The working memory model consists of four components. The central executive which controls and co-ordinates the operation of two subsystems‚ the phonological loop and the visuo-spatial sketchpad. The central executive controls attention and coordinates the actions of the other components‚ it can briefly store information‚ but has a limited capacity. The phonological loop consists
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picture of short-term memory (STM) provided by the Multi-Store Model was far too simple. Following the Multi-Store Model‚ it is believed that STM holds limited amounts of information for short periods of time with relatively little processing‚ it is believed to be a unitary store. This means that due to its single store it has no subsystems‚ unlike the Working Memory Model which has many subsystems. This proves that the Working Memory is not a unitary store. Working Memory is STM. In contrast to
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