Working memory

Question 1

True or false: working memory is the same as short-term memory.

Answer 1

False
(Working memory refers to the manipulation of information from short-term memory; it is not inherently STM.)

Question 2

The part of working memory that does the manipulating is called:

Answer 2

The central executive

Question 3

The digit span and spatial span forward tests assess:

Answer 3

Short-term memory storage

Question 4

The digit span and spatial span backward tests assess:

Answer 4

Manipulation of working memory
(Digit and spatial span backward tests are repeated in reverse sequence, hence the manipulation of working memory.)

Question 5

The digit span forward and backward tests assess:

Answer 5

Verbal memory

Question 6

The spatial span forward and backward tests assess:

Answer 6

Spatial memory

Question 7

True or false: working memory naturally declines with age.

Answer 7

True

Question 8

Deterioration of the brain with healthy aging adversely affects ____ more than ____ :

Answer 8

Working memory; short-term memory capacity

Question 9

Activation of the posterior parietal and prefrontal cortexes occurs with which test of working memory?

Answer 9

The N-back test

Question 10

True or false: in frontal patients with performance deficits, performance for contralesional stimuli was worse than for ipsilesional stimuli.

Answer 10

False
(Performance was no worse for the contralesional than ipsilesional stimuli.)