Psychology / Unit 6 Psych 0657 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Central Executive
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The idea
The central executive is the working memory component that directs attention and coordinates the other components.
In practice
Following a conversation while checking a map requires the executive to allocate attention between two systems.
Where people slip
The central executive is the least well specified part of the model, which its authors say plainly.
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