Drugs that increase the level of or facilitate the action of ________ enhance working memory capabilities.
B. dopamine
100
Work with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s patients supports the idea that 1.----- is an important neurotransmitter in working memory processing
dopamine
100
You have an in-class assignment to sketch your favorite room in your house, you are relying on _____ to compete the assignment.
spatial working memory
100
The ________ may be involved in chunking information into meaningful units.
episodic buffer
200
The prefrontal cortex plays a special role in the ________ of information.
A. active maintenanc
200
List what system in the Baddeley-Hitch working memory model handles verbal information
Phonological loop
200
Results about the visuospatial sketchpad are inconsistent between monkey and human studies
True.
200
The ________ is the control system in the Baddeley-Hitch model.
Central Executive.
300
Miller argued that the number of items one can hold in short-term store is 3 +/-2
False
300
After you look up the phone number to order a pizza, you hear the number in your head over and over until you dial the number. The phone number is being processed in the ________.
phonological loop
300
The process of mentally refreshing stored locations to keep them highly accessible is ________.
spatial rehearsal
300
The integration and coordination of information between the phonological loop and the visuospatial sketchpad is accomplished primarily by the central executive
True.
400
Baddeley and Hitch argued that there are actually ________ for short-term storage.
B. multiple systems
400
Evidence suggests that the phonological store component of working memory relies on the ________.
left inferior parietal cortex
400
The ability to create and manipulate mental images is associated with the ________.
visuospatial sketchpad
400
Under conditions of articulatory suppression, what part of working memory serves a compensatory role?
central executive
500
Name a condition/disorder which supports the idea that dopamine is an important neurotransmitter in working memory processing
schizophrenia
Alzheimer,
Parkinson
500
Damage to the ________ is related to articulatory rehearsal impairment.
left inferior frontal cortex
500
The episodic buffer integrates visuospatial and verbal information that is most relevant to sequences or stories held in the working memory
True
500
What is the job of the central executive in working memory?
A. determines when information is processed
B. determines which short term store is selected
C. integrates and coordinates information processing
D. all of the above