PSYCH 2H03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Working Memory, Sketchpad

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 2H03
• Professor: Ellen Maclellan

Document Summary

Lecture 30 baddeley and hitch"s working memory system. The working memory system (baddeley and hitch, 1974) the articulatory rehearsal loop: Information cycles around the loop: the inner voice, produces trace of pronunciation, auditory image created, the inner ear, auditory image fades away so cycle must be repeated, requiring periodic input from the central executive. Controls specialized subsystems that are like scratch pads. The phonological articulatory rehearsal loop: working memory relies on a speech-like code. The visuospatial bugger (or sketchpad: aiding in remembering non-verbal stuff as well. Working memory is not a box or storage container. But: wm is still distinct: it is active, able to maintain a small amount of easily accessible info, fragile (in the sense that work is required to maintain the contents and the contents are easily displaced) Yet also similar to ltm: diverse in its range of contents.