The Focus on Neuroscience feature "Assembling Memories: Echoes and Reflections of Perception" describes a study in which participants memorized labels for common objects, such as "dog," that were paired with either a picture or a sound. When participants were later asked to retrieve the memory:
A) the presence of sensory stimuli, whether sounds or pictures, interfered with memory for the verbal labels, reducing the accuracy of recall.
B) participants who had memorized labels paired with pictures had more reliable recall than participants who had memorized labels paired with sounds.
C) participants who had memorized labels paired with sounds had more reliable recall than participants who had memorized labels paired with pictures.
D) retrieving the memory activated a subset of the same brain areas that were associated with the original perception of the material that was memorized.
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