A model of short-term memory originally proposed by Alan D. Baddeley and Graham J. Hitch in 1974, conceived as a system for temporarily storing and manipulating information in an accessible state,. It is composed of two temporary storage or buffer systems (the phonological loop and the visuo-spatial scratchpad), responsible for verbal and visual information respectively, and the central executive, which is responsible for the selection, initiation, and termination of processing routines involving these stores. This type of memory has been shown to be located in prefrontal cortex. Its application to child development has been a topic of discussion.
See A-not-B task/error, Cerebellum (functions), Corsi block-tapping task, Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), Executive function (EF), Memory, Model, Phonological loop, Sensory, short-term (STM) and long-term (PTM) memory, Prefrontal cortex (PFC)
Baddeley, A.D., & Hitch, G. (1974). Working memory. In G.H. Bower (Ed.), Thepsychology of learning and motivation: Advances in research and theory (pp. 47–89).New York, NY: Academic Press.