What Is Short-Term Memory Good for

question 72

Multiple Choice

What is short-term memory good for

• A) maintaining rehearsed information for approximately five minutes 
• B) preserving information in its original sensory form for a brief time, usually only a fraction of a second 
• C) preserving episodic information long enough for cortical encoding 
• D) maintaining unrehearsed information for up to about 20 seconds

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