Cog. Psych Ch. 5

A person who is activating their visuospatial sketch pad is likely to say which of the following?

"I can see it in my mind's eye."

The effective duration of short-term memory, when rehearsal is prevented, is

15-20 seconds or less.

Physiological studies indicate that damage to the brain's___________can disrupt behaviors that depend on working memory.

Prefrontal cortex

It is easier to perform two tasks at the same time if

one is handled by the visuospatial sketch pad and one is handled by the phonological loop.

Information remains in sensory memory for

seconds or a fraction of a second.

The three structural components of the modal model of memory are

sensory memory, short-term memory, long-term memory.

Digit span is one measure of capacity of

short-term memory.

Research suggests that the capacity of short-term memory is

somewhat small, holding only about seven items at one time.

When a sparkler is twirled rapidly, people perceive a circle of light. This occurs because

the length of iconic memory is about a fraction of a second.

Working memory differs from short-term memory in that

working memory is engaged in processing information.