Imagine that you have volunteered to participate in some psychology research. The researcher tells you to look at several words briefly and then count backwards for about half a minute before recalling those words. The researcher is probably measuring

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The task described involves briefly viewing words and then performing a distractor task (counting backwards) before recalling the words. This setup is designed to test short-term memory, which holds information for a short duration (seconds to a minute) before it is forgotten or transferred to long-term memory.

Imagine That You Have Volunteered to Participate in Some Psychology