Summary
Baddeley gave a thorough description of the working memory system. Within that description he highlighted the central executive, phonological loop, and the visuo-spatial scratch pad. Baddeley concluded the major issue with the working memory system is the lack inability to integrate information from subsidaiary systems and long term memory in a way that allows for active …show more content…
He stated, “the term working memory appears to have been first proposed by Miller” (Baddeley, 2001). Later in the paper he states, “the process of sub vocal articulation also seems to plan an important role” (Baddeley, 2001). The use of “appears” and “seems” are two examples where the authors’ tone created uncertainty, which reduces confidence in the validity of the article. Another inconsistency dealt with abbreviations throughout the article. For example, without referring to it once, Baddeley uses “STM” and “SR”. Authors should write the complete term the first time they refer to it, place the abbreviation in parentheses, and then refer to the abbreviation throughout the remainder of the article. Baddeley followed the rules on several occasions, but not consistently throughout the