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VISUOSPATIAL SCRATCHPAD [1 record]

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Record 1 2009-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cognitive Psychology
DEF

A subsystem of the working memory that creates and manipulates visual images.

OBS

Visuospatial scratchpad is a term that was proposed by Alan Baddeley in his first working memory model. Visuospatial sketchpad is the term that he proposed later on, as his model evolved.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie cognitive
DEF

Sous-système de la mémoire de travail responsable du maintien des informations visuo-spatiales ainsi que de la formation et de la manipulation des images mentales.

Key term(s)
  • bloc-notes visuo-spatial

Spanish

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