Working memory is what you use
while working on a complex task
which requires you too store
information as you work.
Central
executive
Phonological loop
Phonological store
Articulatory process
Deals with words
heard or seen
Deals with
auditory
information
Visuo-spatial sketchpad
Inner scribe
Visual cache
The planning of
a spatial task
Episodic buffer
Integrates
information from
components
Evaluation
Dolcos et al
Used FMRI scans; different
areas of the prefrontal cortex
were activated when perfoming
tasks using different stores
Shallice and Warrington
P after car accident found damage to the
brain was just to the STM, in particular the
phonological loop, suggesting there are
different parts to the STM