Working Memory Model Explained: Central Executive and Subsystems #3669877 (License: Personal Use)

This diagram illustrates Baddeley and Hitch’s influential working memory model, centered on the Central Executive that controls attention and coordinates three slave systems: the Phonological Loop (for verbal/auditory information), the Visuospatial Sketchpad (for visual and spatial data), and the Episodic Buffer (integrating multimodal information into coherent episodes). Arrows indicate bidirectional communication among components, emphasizing dynamic interaction rather than linear processing. The lower layer links each subsystem to its primary cognitive domain-language, visual semantics, and short-term episodic memory-showing functional specialization.

Used in psychology, neuroscience, and education resources to teach cognitive architecture; ideal for academic articles, lecture slides, or online learning modules targeting students and professionals seeking foundational knowledge of human memory systems.