Exam 9: Working Memory and Cognitive Control Integrative Topics Module

The manipulation and application of working memory for planning, task switching, attention, stimulus selection, and the inhibition of inappropriate reflexive behaviors is known as:

The research relating working memory to intelligence has shown that:

Which part of the brain is activated when a person tries to remember past events?

It has been suggested that, in ADHD, the basal ganglia:

People with damage to the frontal lobes are impaired on:

Which psychiatric problem is one of the most commonly diagnosed in children?

In people with schizophrenia, the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex is _____ and the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex is _____.

Deficits in working memory in people with schizophrenia may be caused by a(n) _____ in the prefrontal cortex.

In his studies of visual sensory memory, George Sperling found that participants could remember more items from an array if:

Describe the contribution of the different aspects of working memory to the activities associated with throwing a party. For each component, describe which region in the prefrontal cortex is MOST critical.

What does the word-length effect demonstrate about working memory?

Which part of the brain seems to be critical for working memory and executive control?

Patients with damage to the _____ side of the frontal lobe are MOST likely to show specialized deficits in _____ tasks.

Sensory memory:

Which memory task is likely to be the MOST difficult following damage to the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex?

Which task is an example of one that would activate the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex?

If one wants to retain a list of letters in one's short-term memory, one should:

State-based models of memory are known as:

Provide an example of an automatic process and an attentional process.

In Baddeley's working-memory model which system maintains auditory memories through subvocal rehearsal?