Fig. 5.

Updated multicomponent model of working memory from Baddeley (2000). Baddeley updated the multicomponent model to include the episodic buffer, in large part to account for the contributions of long-term memory to working memory. It is noteworthy that, according to Baddeley, the episodic buffer is controlled by the central executive as are the original two storage systems (visuospatial sketchpad and phonological loop), and that the central executive is synonymous with attention control