Dr Mnemonic Conducted a Study in Which Neural Activity Was

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Dr. Mnemonic conducted a study in which neural activity was measured (with fMRI) while participants were presented with either digits or abstract images to memorize. He found that the left temporal lobe was active when the digits were presented, and the right parietal lobe was active for the abstract images. Interpret these results in terms of the multicomponent model. Does it support this model or refute it? Why?

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Definitions:

Correlation

A statistical measure that indicates the extent to which two or more variables fluctuate together.

Simultaneous Change

The occurrence of two or more changes at the same time, often within the same system or process.

Causation

Cause-and-effect linkage between two factors, where one of them causes the other to occur or change.

Cause-and-effect

A relationship where one event (the cause) makes another event happen (the effect).