baddley and hitch 1976

Question 1

aim

Answer 1

investigate if participants can use different parts of the working memory at the same time

Question 2

procedure

Answer 2

an experiment jn whixh participants were asked to simultaneously perform two tasks

1) digit span task - repeating a list of numbers

2) verbal reasoning task - answering true or false to various question

Question 3

resukts

Answer 3

• as yhe numbers in the digit span task increased the partocipants took longer to answer the questions
• no significant change in number of mistakes

Question 4

conclusion

Answer 4

verbal reasoning task made use of central executive

digit span task made us pf phonological loop

so there are various components in short twrm memory