Brooks (1968)investigated how people use verbal and visual/spatial processing during recall from immediate memory.He found that

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Brooks found that immediate memory processing was easiest when two concurrent tasks used different processing, indicating that verbal and visual/spatial processing compete for the same resources in immediate memory. This supports the concept of the dual coding theory, which proposes that verbal and visual/spatial information are processed separately in different channels. Choice A and B are incorrect because Brooks did not find that concurrent tasks in the same modality (verbal or visual/spatial) were easiest. Choice D is incorrect because Brooks did not find that memory span was influenced only by verbal information.

Brooks (1968)investigated How People Use Verbal and Visual/spatial Processing During