A Baseball Pitcher Was Hit on the Side of the Head

question 117

Multiple Choice

A baseball pitcher was hit on the side of the head by a line drive.When he was revived,he could not remember how many balls and strikes the batter had.This was because

• A)short-term memory had not been converted to working memory.
• B)he lost both working and short-term memory.
• C)long-term memory had not been converted to working memory.
• D)he lost long-term memory.
• E)None of these choices is correct.

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