Within Working Memory, "Helpers" Like the Visuospatial Buffer and Articulatory

question 69

Multiple Choice

Within working memory, "helpers" like the visuospatial buffer and articulatory rehearsal loop

• A) can take over some of the lower-level analyses ordinarily performed by the central executive.
• B) can provide verbal, but not visual, analysis of the memory items.
• C) provide short-term storage of items likely to be needed soon by the central executive.
• D) preserve the items to be remembered in their initial sensory form (e.g., visual stimuli are preserved as visual images).

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