The Central Executive is one feature of the working memory model. Name and describe the function of 2 other features of the model.

One other feature is the Phonological Loop, this feature is responsible for processing and storing auditory information, the phonological store remembers what you hear and the articulatory process has the role of allowing maintenance rehearsal to occur, with a capacity of around two seconds. Alongside this, another feature is the visuo-spatial sketchpad, this feature stores visual and spatial information, the visual cache sotres visual informaton and the inner scribe record the arrangement of objects in your field of vision. 

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