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1) Name an everyday activity or task that likely requires working memory. Descri

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Question

1) Name an everyday activity or task that likely requires working memory. Describe which executive functions are involved in the task (i.e., storing information, updating, task switching, inhibiting, manipulating information, etc.). Next, use the “place” model to explain how information flows between sensory, short-term, and long-term memory during this task. Lastly, re-explain this same task, but using the “state” model or working memory.

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2) Name an everyday activity or task that likely requires working memory. Explain why you think this task requires working memory. Describe which executive functions are involved in the task (i.e., storing information, updating, task switching, inhibiting, manipulating information, etc.). Lastly, discuss which brain regions are likely involved in each of these executive functions required by the task you chose.

Explanation / Answer

Ans 2. Working memory is important for academic performance it is an important part of executive functioning,

like planning initiating task monitoring and organizing school a child faces difficulty mostly in subjects like Math’s, reasoning, comprehension, reading and solving complex problems, The working memory is storage unless the work stores in it is repeated it evaporates over the time, for example remembering a phone number, it remains in our bucket for half a second if not repeated it evaporates. In children with poor working memory it becomes difficult to remember because whatever is taught it drains out.

There is different system for different type of function 1. Central Executive it drives the whole system and allocates work to its subsystem that is phonological loop and the visuopatial sketchpad, 2. Visuopatial stores and process the information 3. Phonological loop: spoken and written material (used for remembering the phone numbers etc.)A. phonological store that is inner ear keeps the speech for 1-2 seconds. b. Articulatory control process that is inner voice used to rehearse and stores information from phonological store. The phonological loop is assumed to be responsible for manipulation of speech based information while visuopatial is assumed to be responsible for image base information; the central executive decides which function to be attends by which part.

The working memories allows active ideas and memories tube manuplated.The prefrontal cortex which is the part of neocortex situated at the front of the brain which is most recent addition to mammalian brain is involved in ay complex cognitive functions when people performing task which requires to hold information in their short term memory it becomes active.