Abstract
This article reviews the relationship between clinical neuropsychology and the working memory model (Baddeley & Hitch, 1974) , that was developed to account for a wider range of data concerning short-term memory and attention. They subdivided working memory into three component : an attentional controller, the central executive, and two slave systems, the phonological loop which maintains speech-based information, and the visuospatial sketchpad, which stores visual and spatial information.
The fractionation of working memory was initially motivated by attempt to account for the neuropsychological finding of a double dissociation between long-term and short-term memory deficit (amnesic syndrome vs. short-term memory syndrome) in the late s. In the 20 years since its first publication, working memory model has been considerable inference on clinical and experimental studies in neuropsychology. Now, it has become a crucial interface between many research areas consist of cognitive neuroscience, and might be a clue in the analysis of cognitive deficits connected with mental illness, such as schizophrenia.
