Baddeley, Alan

Alan Baddeley is a British psychologist best known for his work on human memory. He developed the "Working Memory Model," which proposes that our short-term memory is composed of multiple components, including a "central executive" that manages information and two subsidiary systems: the phonological loop for verbal data and the visuospatial sketchpad for visual information. Baddeley's research has significantly influenced our understanding of how we process and retain information, highlighting that memory is more complex than simply a single storage system. His work has applications in education, cognitive psychology, and understanding memory impairments.