... active view of memory. It is concerned with the storage of information which is being used actively and about which we are currently thinking. This may come from two sources: 1. new sensory information 2. old information stored in long-term memory. Working memory model Primary Acoustic Store: This is of limited capacity and accepts material either directly as it is heard or via the articulatory loop ( the inner ear) Visuo-spatial scratch pad: This allows for intake of visual information and for visual and spatial rehearsal. Central executive: This is free of sense modality. There are lots of positive and negative points that can be made about the working memory model. Looking at the positive side; it comes much closer to explaining how memory actually works than the Atkinson/Shiffrin model does: by the suggestion that there are different ways of dealing with different types of information (sound-based, verbal, visual or spatial). It is also useful to ...

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