In Baddeley and Hitch's working memory model, the part that controls information flow is the:
ACentral executive
BPhonological loop
CEpisodic buffer
DVisuospatial sketchpad
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Central executive
1. Three short-term systems hold different information.
2. The central executive supervises the flow.
3. It moves information into long-term memory.
_Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e, Chapter 8, Memory (CC BY 4.0)._
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