Psychology A-Level
episodic buffer
What episodic buffer means in Psychology A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of episodic buffer
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A limited general store with a capacity of about four chunks that binds information from the other components and links it to long-term memory.
Topics that use episodic buffer
- Memory (AQA A-Level)
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