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What does the visuospatial sketchpad primarily hold in working memory?

  • Tactile information such as textures
  • Olfactory information such as scents
  • Visual information such as colors (correct)
  • Auditory information such as sounds

What is the primary function of the phonological loop in working memory?

  • Analyzing olfactory information, such as scents
  • Processing tactile information, such as textures
  • Storing visual information, such as shapes
  • Remembering phonological information, such as a list of letters (correct)

What does the central executive in working memory primarily control?

  • Attention and thinking with information stored temporarily in two storage buffers (correct)
  • Language comprehension and reasoning abilities
  • Physical movements and sensory perceptions
  • Emotional responses and long-term memory storage

What does working memory correlate with?

<p>Intelligence and success in school (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the function of the phonological loop?

<p>Stores and rehearses verbal and acoustic information (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the capacity of the articulatory rehearsal loop in the phonological loop?

<p>Seven plus or minus two items (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of the central executive in working memory?

<p>Directs attention to important information in the environment or in the mind (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the function of the visuospatial sketchpad?

<p>Stores and manipulates visual information (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which component of the central executive is responsible for information updating and inhibition?

<p>Inhibition (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How is the capacity of the phonological store tested?

<p>Digit-span task (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the episodic buffer integrate information from?

<p>Multiple internal sources (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which part of the brain is recruited to perform central executive functions?

<p>Prefrontal cortex (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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