Episodic Buffer

Question 1

What is the episodic buffer?

Answer 1

A storage system that can hold about 4 chunks of information in multidimensional code

Question 2

What are the functions of the episodic buffer?

Answer 2

Binds together concepts.

Bridges the gap between multi-component WM storage and the attentional focus model (Cowan, 1995, 2005)

Question 3

When was the episodic buffer added to the original working memory model?

Answer 3

2000 (Baddeley, revised)

Question 4

What problem with the WM does the episodic buffer solve?

Answer 4

Explaining how it was linked to long term memory.

Question 5

What are some of the dimensions in the multidimensional code?

Answer 5

Visual, verbal, or semantic information.

May come from long-term memory and perceptual processes in addition to WM.