Working memory acts to
a. store an unlimited amount of information
b. store a limited amount of information for an unlimited amount of time
c. keep relevant information active for a short period of time
d. store relevant information so it does not influence long-term memory
Answer: C
Human Cognition
- In which mental-imaging experiment would "vivid imagers" outperform "non imagers"?
- Paivio's dual-code hypothesis proposed that
- Which of the following is NOT evidence that some forms of imagery are spatial and not visual?
- Which of the following does NOT support the claim that mental images are stored in long-term memory by a propositional "recipe" for how to construct the image?
- UNLIKE pictures, mental images are
- Which of the following is NOT a reason why performance might improve with practice?
- Divided attention requires enough mental resources to attend to both tasks. These limited mental resources include all of the following EXCEPT
- What is the main reason why both late and early selection models can be true?
- In the absence of attention
- Which of the following statements applies to expectation-based priming but not to stimulus-based priming?
- Individuals with a lesion to the parietal lobe perform normally when asked to search for a single feature in a display (e.g., find the round shape) but have trouble when asked to find, for example, the "blue, round shape" among other shapes that are blue (but not round) and round (but not blue). What conclusion do these findings support?
- Which of the following is most accurate with respect to our knowledge about the fusiform face area (FFA)?
- Which of the following offers the most support for the idea that object recognition is viewpoint dependent?
- Which statement about feature nets is FALSE?
- John has apperceptive agnosia. This means that he cannot
- Which of the following is NOT part of how the binding problem is solved?
- Which of the following is true with respect to neurons in the visual regions of the brain?
- Which of the following statements is inaccurate?
- The response of a center-surround cell
- The primary visual cortex is located in the __________ lobe.
- Which of the following tasks has NOT been connected with the amygdala?
- The all-or-none law states that
- A patient with visual agnosia will probably show an inability to
- In one study, investigators monitored activity levels in a brain area (the fusiform face area, or FFA) that seems particularly responsive to pictures of faces, and also in another area (the parahippocampal place area, or PPA) that seems particularly responsive to pictures of places. Their data showed that
- All of the following are components of the limbic system, a system essential in learning and memory and in emotional processing, EXCEPT the