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disposition > cognition > memory > working memory > visuo-spatial sketchpad
disposition > cognition > memory > spatial memory > visuo-spatial sketchpad
disposition > cognition > memory > visual memory > visuo-spatial sketchpad

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visuo-spatial sketchpad  

Definition

  • A subsystem of working memory in Baddeley's (1986) model for temporarily storing and manipulating visual and spatial information.

Entry terms

  • visuo-spatial scratchpad
  • VSSP

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Baddeley, A. (2007). Working memory, thought, and action. Oxford University Press.

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]

  • • Baddeley, A. (2012). Working memory: Theories, models, and controversies. Annual Review of Psychology, 63, 1-29. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-120710-100422

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]

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  • Frank Arnould

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-DZ76M0DF-8

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