In a task, participants are asked to hold a visual image of what their best friends look like.While holding that image, they are asked to perform a digit span task.You would expect:
A)the participants holding the visual image would perform just as well as a control group not holding a visual image because the two tasks use different working memory sub-systems.
B)the participants holding the visual image would perform better than the control group not holding a visual image because the two tasks use different working memory sub-systems.
C)the participants holding the visual image would perform worse than control group not holding a visual image because the two tasks use different working memory sub-systems.
D)the participants holding the visual image soon lost interest.

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Holding a visual image of their best friend and completing a digit span task require different working memory sub-systems, so the two tasks should not interfere with each other. Therefore, we would expect the participants holding the visual image to perform just as well as a control group not holding a visual image.

In a Task, Participants Are Asked to Hold a Visual