Editing Mental event (section)

==Mental Events and Working Memory==
Mental events must occur in the [[working memory]] of short term-store. Both working memory and [[short-term memory]] are essential to mental events and [[cognition]]. According to Lieberman (2021), Baddeley and Hitch (1974) proposed that working memory consists of three distinct subsystems: what are called a [[phonological loop]], a [[Visuospatial sketchpad|visuo-spatial sketchpad]], and [[central executive]].<ref>Lieberman, D. A. (2021). Chapter 10 Working Memory. In Learning and Memory (2nd ed., p. 284). Cambridge University Press.</ref> 

The phenological loop is responsible for holding speech-based sounds while the visuo-spatial sketchpad holds visual concepts in the mind. Both work independent of each other. Whereas the central executive is responsible for controlling both systems. The central executive is also responsible for aiding in tasks such as reasoning and understanding language.<ref>Lieberman, D. A. (2021). Chapter 10 Working Memory. In Learning and Memory (2nd ed., pp. 286–287). Cambridge University Press.</ref> 

In order for mental events to occur, in [[Human|Homo sapiens]], situations and events must be processed through working memory in order to be perceived as a mental event. Without this system of memory, situations cannot be stored as mental events. All thoughts, feelings, decisions, dreams, and realizations must cycle through this process indefinitely.