Evidence for the Role of the Brain in Working Memory

question 16

Multiple Choice

Evidence for the role of the brain in working memory comes from studies that show:

• A) interference with central executive control prevents access to long-term memory.
• B) damage to the frontal cortex interferes with a monkey's ability to perform the delayed match-to-sample task.
• C) damage to the occipital cortex interferes with the formation of images in the visuospatial sketchpad.
• D) removal of a small amount of tissue in the temporal lobe destroys working memory.

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