Christopher and MacDonald Compared the Working Memory Capacities of People

question 19

Multiple Choice

Christopher and MacDonald compared the working memory capacities of people with and without major depression. They found that, in general, depressed people performed

• A) better on tasks involving the phonological loop.
• B) better on tasks involving the visuospatial sketchpad.
• C) worse on tasks involving the phonological loop, but better on tasks involving the central executive.
• D) worse on tasks involving either the phonological loop, visuospatial sketchpad, or central executive.

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