When Two Memory Tasks Are Presented in Different Sensory Modalities

question 48

Multiple Choice

When two memory tasks are presented in different sensory modalities (for instance visual and auditory) ________.

• A) they are more likely to interfere with each other than if they are in the same modality
• B) they are equally as likely to interfere with each other as if they are in the same modality
• C) they are less likely to interfere with each other than if they are in the same modality
• D) it becomes impossible to accomplish either task efficiently

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