The Brown-Peterson task was used to assess the____________ of short-term memory.

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The Brown-Peterson task was specifically designed to measure the duration of short-term memory. In this task, participants are asked to remember a set of items for a short period of time, and then are given a distractor task before being asked to recall the original items. The length of time between the presentation of the items and the recall task is systematically varied to determine the duration of short-term memory. Therefore, the correct answer is D) duration.

The Brown-Peterson Task Was Used to Assess The____________ of Short-Term