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definition

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this relates to how STM is organised and how it functions.

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the central executive

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this receives information from LTM and the senses then organises the slave systems (e.g. phonological loop & visuo-spatial system) to work on information in STM

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the phonological system

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consists of the articulatory loop that rehearses spoken information whilst the phonological store holds the amount of words that can be spoken in 1 & a half to 2 secs.

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the visual system

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involves the visuo-spatial sketchpad whose job it to store & manipulate visual info. it is separated into the visual cache & inner scribe

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the visual cache

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stores visual data so we can see what objects look like

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the inner scribe

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records positions of objects in relation to each other in our visual field. it also has a limited capacity of three or four objects.

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the episodic buffer

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a general store that contains info about the current episode we are focusing on. this relates to visual and acoustic info & cannot be stored in the central executive. Capacity of four chunks & acts as a bridge between working memory and LTM.

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working memory

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says that we can do two activities simultaneously providing that we use separate stores.

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Evaluation strength: Baddeley et al (1975)

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demonstrated participants were more able to do two tasks at the same time if they use two separate stores.

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Evaluation strength: KF

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his verbal memory was impaired but his visual memory worked well. This shows his phonological loop was damaged but his visuo-spatial sketchpad was functioning well.

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Evidence strength: Braver et al

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found participants had greater activity in their left prefrontal cortex when they were doing a task involving their central executive.

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Evaluation weakness: a vague outline of central executive

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it is unclear what the precise function of it is.

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