The pronunciation time effect demonstrates that:
A)the capacity of working memory is determined only by the difficulty of pronouncing the words.
B)words that that are harder to pronounce are less likely to be free recall from long-term memory.
C)the word length effect only works in long-term memory.
D)the magic number 7 plus or minus two does not completely explain working memory in the digit-span task.

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The pronunciation time effect suggests that the capacity of working memory is influenced by how quickly items can be rehearsed, which affects the digit-span task and challenges the idea that working memory capacity is solely determined by a fixed number of items.

The Pronunciation Time Effect Demonstrates That