Alan Baddeley - The Working Memory Model

Postal Codes

Early in his career, Baddeley was involved in testing different types of postal codes for the UK. The optimization of a code to be remembered by the general population is a great example of applied memory research.

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Where did the Working Memory Model come from?
Where did the Working Memory Model come from?
Separating long-term memory and short-term memory
Separating long-term memory and short-term memory
The Cognitive Revolution
The Cognitive Revolution
Postal Codes
Postal Codes
The development of the working memory model
The development of the working memory model
The phonological loop
The phonological loop
The phonological loop and language acquisition
The phonological loop and language acquisition
Other uses of the phonological loop
Other uses of the phonological loop
The musical phonological loop
The musical phonological loop
The Visuo-Spatial Sketchpad
The Visuo-Spatial Sketchpad
Visual imagery
Visual imagery
Rehearsal in the visuo-spatial sketchpad
Rehearsal in the visuo-spatial sketchpad
Localization of the VSSP
Localization of the VSSP
The central executive
The central executive
The origins of the central executive
The origins of the central executive
The central executive homunculus
The central executive homunculus
The episodic buffer
The episodic buffer
Introduction to the episodic buffer
Introduction to the episodic buffer
Binding and the episodic buffer
Binding and the episodic buffer
Location of the episodic buffer
Location of the episodic buffer
Methodological issues in WM research
Methodological issues in WM research
Origins of the selective interference method
Origins of the selective interference method
Dual task interference
Dual task interference
Comparing dual-task methodology and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)
Comparing dual-task methodology and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)
The promise of neuroimaging
The promise of neuroimaging
Quo-vadis working memory?
Quo-vadis working memory?
Individual difference and intelligence
Individual difference and intelligence
How are long-term and working memory related?
How are long-term and working memory related?
Procedural working memory
Procedural working memory
The evolution of the model
The evolution of the model
Working memory and consciousness
Working memory and consciousness
Working memory and evolution
Working memory and evolution
The future of working memory research
The future of working memory research