Warrington and Shallice (1969) studied a young brain-damaged man identified in their paper by the initial KF.They found that KF:
A)had a deficit in working memory, particularly with respect to the central executive.
B)had a deficit in working memory, particularly with respect to the phonological loop.
C)had impaired long-term memory but no deficit in working memory.
D)recovered much lost function in working memory after therapy with Warrington and Shallice.

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Warrington and Shallice's study of KF revealed that he had a specific deficit in his phonological loop component of working memory, which is responsible for the temporary storage of verbal and auditory information. This was in contrast to his visual memory, which was relatively unaffected.

Warrington and Shallice (1969) Studied a Young Brain-Damaged Man Identified