The Identification of Deficits in Working Memory Is Particularly Interesting

question 93

Multiple Choice

The identification of deficits in working memory is particularly interesting with regard to schizophrenia because it links to other evidence regarding brain functions and this disorder. Processes that are associated with central executive processing are associated with brain activity located in an area of the prefrontal cortex that seems to be dysfunctional in schizophrenia known as

• A) preoptic.
• B) dorsolateral.
• C) verbal.
• D) posterior.

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