About the lecture

In this lecture, we focus on the working memory model, developed by Baddeley and Hitch in 1974, focusing in particular on: (i) the function of the central executive, the phonological loop, the visuospatial sketchpad and the episodic buffer; (ii) the brain regions associated with the functions of the central executive; (iii) its three subcomponents being inhibition, shifting and updating.

About the lecturer

Davide Bruno was born in Italy and graduated in Psychology from the University of Parma, then obtained a PhD from Keele University (2007). After positions at the University of Southampton, the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, the Nathan Kline Institute, New York University, and Liverpool Hope University, he joined Liverpool John Moores University as a Senior Lecturer. His interests are, broadly, memory, ageing and dementia.