Phonological Loop Basics
This part of working memory processes a limited number of sounds for a short period.
What is the phonological loop?
This term describes the phenomenon of mixing up similar-sounding stimuli in memory.
What is acoustic confusion?
Jones et al. (2004) found that confusion increases when people do this silently while rehearsing words.
What is repeating a word or subvocal rehearsal?
In an exercise, counting words while silently repeating “the” demonstrates interference in this loop
What is the phonological loop?
This component of working memory is responsible for temporarily holding and manipulating visual and spatial information
What is the visuospatial sketchpad?
The phonological loop can be active both when speaking out loud and when doing this silently.
What is subvocalization?
Errors occur more often when stimuli sound similar rather than when they sound this.
What are different?
This classic study showed that the phonological loop is better at remembering items that sound different.
What is Conrad & Hull, 1964?
Counting the number of words in a sentence is harder when this type of interference occurs.
What is articulatory suppression?
Tasks like remembering the layout of a room or mentally rotating a shape use this part of working memory
What is the visuospatial sketchpad?
According to research, information in the phonological loop is primarily stored in terms of this.
What are sounds?
Acoustic confusion happens because we often translate visual stimuli into this form.
What are sounds?
Tongue twisters are an example of how this type of rehearsal can cause confusion.
What is silent or subvocal rehearsal?
This practice can help strengthen the phonological loop by reducing errors in remembering sounds.
What is practicing with non-similar sounding items?
Interference in the visuospatial sketchpad is more likely to occur when trying to remember items that are similar in this way.
What is visual or spatial similarity?