Rejected message: sent to koglist(a)cogpsyphy.hu by RACSMANY(a)SOL.CC.U-SZEGED.HU follows. Reason for rejection: sender not subscribed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kedves Kollegak, Alan Baddeley budapesti eloadasanak idopontja szervezesi gondok miatt egy kicsit modosult, az uj es most mar vegleges idopont: Aprilis 19 (szerda) delelott 11h: Does Working Memory Need An Episodic Buffer? Az eloadas helyszine: Collegium Budapest, Institute for Advanced Study, Szentharomsag u. 2 (a Varban). Az eloadas absztraktja: DOES WORKING MEMORY NEED THE EPISODIC BUFFER? by ALAN BADDELEY Department of Experimental Psychology University of Bristol ABSTRACT In 1974, Baddeley and Hitch proposed a three component model of working memory. Over the years, this has been successful in giving an integrated account not only of data from normal adults, but also neuropsychological, developmental, and neuroimaging data. There are, however, a range of phenomena that are not readily captured by the current model. These are described and a fourth component, the episodic buffer, is proposed. It comprises a limited capacity system providing temporary storage of information held in a multi-modal code, capable of binding information from the subsidiary systems, and from long-term memory into a unitary episodic representation. Conscious awareness is assumed to reflect the principal mode of retrieval from the buffer. A preliminary attempt to specify the model is made by offering speculative answers to eight basic questions. The new model differs from the old principally in focusing attention on the processes of integrating information, rather than on the isolation of the sub-systems. In doing so, it provides a better basis for tackling the more complex aspects of executive control in working memory. Informaciok Alan Baddeley-rol: ALAN D. BADDELEY, CBE, Professor of Psychology, University of Bristol. Alan Baddeley is one of the most influential memory researchers of our time. He became well-known in the 1970s due to developing the concept of working memory (Baddeley & Hitch, 1974). He obtained his MA at Princeton University and his PhD at Cambridge University (1962). He spent most of his academic life (1958-67 and 1974-95) at the MRC Applied Psychology Unit, in Cambridge, where he was director for 20 years. This institute is one of the most important centres of experimental and applied psychology. Since 1995 he is Professor of Psychology at the Universiy of Bristol, where he is Head of the Centre for Working Memory. He is Fellow of the Royal Society, Honorary Foreign Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences and he is elected to the European Academy. He was President of the Experimental Psychology Society between 1984-86 and President of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology (1986-90). In 1999 he was honoured one of the highest British state awards by Queen Elizabeth II, the title of Commander of the British Empire (CBE). He is the author of 9 books, 5 edited books and 9 broadly applied neuropsychological tests. Currently he is involved in the experimental and neuropsychological research of the executive component of working memory.