1983/08/11 by Alan Baddeley, Alan David Baddeley · 267 citations
Mathematics · Psychology · #Baddeley's model of working memory #Cognition #Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills #Cognitive load #Cognitive psychology #Computer science #Human–computer interaction #Linguistics #Psychology #Reading (process) #Reading and Literacy Development #Short-term memory #Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes #Working memory
paper · doi:10.1098/rstb.1983.0057
published in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences 302(1110), 311-324 (Royal Society)
openalex publication_date 1983/08/11 · openalex created_date 2022/05/12 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
Abstract The term ‘working memory’ refers to the temporary storage of information in connection with the performance of other cognitive tasks such as reading, problemsolving or learning. It is here conceptualized as comprising a limited-capacity central processor, the central executive, which employs a number of subsidiary slave systems. Evidence for this view is presented, together with a more detailed account of two such systems: the articulatory loop, which stores and manipulates speech-based material, and the visuo-spatial scratch-pad, which is responsible for creating and maintaining visual imagery.