The development of the working memory model

The development of the working memory model

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Where did the working memory model come from and how did it get started? Baddeley describes in detail how he and Graham Hitch published the original model in the context of many existing, early cognitive models of short term memory and the widely popular Atkinson and Shiffrin model.

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Working memory, Atkinson-Shiffrin Model, visual-spatial sketchpad, long-term memory, cognitive psychology

Duration:

00:10:02

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