Suppose you're pitching in a baseball game facing a good hitter. You remember that you struck him out with a fastball the last time he was up. You also remember that your coach told you always to try to be unpredictable, so you decide to throw a curve ball this time. In making this decision, you are primarily using your
A) central executive.
B) fight-or-flight response.
C) modality-specific memory.
D) long-term potentiation.
E) phonological loop.

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The central executive is responsible for decision-making, planning, and cognitive control. In this scenario, the pitcher is using their central executive to make a decision about what pitch to throw to the hitter, based on their memory of past interactions with the hitter and their coach's advice. The other options, such as the fight-or-flight response, modality-specific memory, long-term potentiation, and the phonological loop, are not directly relevant to the decision-making process involved in choosing what pitch to throw.

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