What is the proposed capacity of the Episodic Buffer?

• A. About two chunks of information.
• B. About four chunks of information.
• C. About eight chunks of information.
• D. Unlimited capacity.

Answer: (B)

The Episodic Buffer acts as a temporary, multimodal store that binds information from the phonological loop, visuospatial sketchpad, and long-term memory into a single, coherent episode. Its proposed capacity is about four chunks of information. This limited but not tiny capacity lets you hold enough integrated elements to form a usable episode, without it becoming unlimited or sprawling across many items. It explains why we can store a small number of combined details at once and then link them into longer-term memory or manipulate them as a unit. So, about four chunks best fits how this component is theorized to function.