What does the Visual Cache do?

• A. Stores information about visual form, colour, and other visual features.
• B. Stores auditory information.
• C. Performs spatial transformations.
• D. Integrates information across modalities.

Answer: (A)

The main idea here is what the Visual Cache stores within the visuospatial sketchpad. It holds temporary visual information about how things look—visual form, colour, and other visual features of objects. It does not carry auditory information (that goes to the phonological loop), nor does it perform spatial transformations (that function is tied to the Inner Scribe). It also doesn’t integrate information across modalities (that role is associated with the episodic buffer). So the best description is that it stores information about visual form, colour, and other visual features.