Exam 9: Working Memory and Cognitive Control

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

The year is 2016 and one is listening to a newscast about September 11, and a friend is trying to remember who told him about the event since he wasn't near a television to see it. What area of the brain would be activated as the friend attempts to remember?

Brain imaging studies show that people with _____ copies of the COMT allele show _____ prefrontal cortex activity during a 2-back task.

Which aspect of memory is often conceptualized as the mind's active workplace?

When short-term memory is used as a buffer for maintaining information briefly before it is manipulated, it is referred to as _____ memory.

What evidence suggests that the prefrontal cortex is involved in interactions between working memory and long-term memory?

Which statement suggests that the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex is dysfunctional in people with schizophrenia?

Which memory system maintains information temporarily using active rehearsal?

In Atkinson and Shiffrin's model of memory, information flows from:

Tina needs to stop at the store on her way to work one day. To go to the store, she has to remember to turn right out of her driveway instead of turning left like she normally would when she goes straight to work. The task her central executive is MOST concerned with in this example is:

The most abstract plans depend on the _____ areas of the frontal lobes, and the most concrete plans depend on the _____ areas of the frontal lobes.

If an individual's basal ganglia are sending inappropriate signals to the prefrontal cortex, the individual is probably suffering from what disorder?

Which memory system stores brief sensations of what one has just perceived?

The word-length effect is when one can remember more _____ words than _____ words.

When one consciously tries to remember a fact or event for later retrieval, one is storing the information:

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

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

An individual suffering from _____ would exhibit deficits in his/her working memory due to insufficient levels of dopamine.

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

The initial temporary storage for information perceived by the visual system is known as _____ memory.