Controls rehearsal which has the ability to keep auditory and verbal information in short term memory for extended periods of time.

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The portion of working memory that is in charge of verbal and auditory information. Made up of:
- the phonological store
- articulatory rehearsal process

Responsible for effects such as:
- the phonological similarity effect
- the word length effect
- articulatory suppression 

Phonological loop

When repeating a stimulus over and over again, you are retaining it into short-term memory.

Rehearsal

Goldstein, E. B. (2014). Cognitive psychology: Connecting mind, research and everyday experience. Nelson Education.


Cognitive psychology: Connecting mind, research and everyday experience

The storage of short-term verbal and auditory memory. Lasts for a few seconds and has a limited capacity.

the phonological store

articulatory rehearsal process

Words and phrases that sound similar are often confused for one another.

phonological similarity effect

Memory for short words is typically better than it for long words.

Word length effect

When repeating irrelevant sounds interferes with speaking

Articulatory suppression 

- maintenance rehearsal
- elaborative rehearsal

Types of rehearsal

We remember significant events better not because of any special process/mechanism, but just because they are rehearsed more often.

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