You are stuck in traffic and start to think of alternative routes that you could take home.A modern cognitive memory researcher would most likely say that you are using which of the following types of memory?

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The visuospatial sketchpad is responsible for holding visual and spatial information in our working memory, and would be utilized while considering different potential routes to take while stuck in traffic. The iconic memory is a very brief form of sensory memory that holds visual information for milliseconds, and is unlikely to be useful in this situation. The phonological loop is responsible for holding verbal information in our working memory, and would not be as useful for considering visual-spatial information. The central executive is responsible for coordinating and integrating information from our various memory systems, but in this scenario the specific memory system being utilized is the visuospatial sketchpad.

You Are Stuck in Traffic and Start to Think of Alternative