In a Task, Participants Are Asked to Hold a Visual

question 87

Multiple Choice

In a task, participants are asked to hold a visual image of what their best friends look like.While holding that image, they are asked to perform a digit span task.You would expect:

• A)the participants holding the visual image would perform just as well as a control group not holding a visual image because the two tasks use different working memory sub-systems.
• B)the participants holding the visual image would perform better than the control group not holding a visual image because the two tasks use different working memory sub-systems.
• C)the participants holding the visual image would perform worse than control group not holding a visual image because the two tasks use different working memory sub-systems.
• D)the participants holding the visual image soon lost interest.

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