Salame and Baddeley (1989) Asked Participants to Maintain Information in Working

Multiple Choice

Salame and Baddeley (1989) asked participants to maintain information in working memory while listening to either singing, music without singing, or no sounds at all.They found that:

A) music helps young adults to study, but hurts the ability of older adults to learn.
B) singing most interfered with maintaining information in the phonological loop.
C) all three conditions led to relatively good performance.
D) the condition without any sound was the most challenging.