Ambassador McKenzie was about to ask a French diplomat to repeat his last comment but then his auditory subsystem of ________ enabled him to "select" what had been said and ignore all the extraneous sounds in the reception room.

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The auditory subsystem that allowed Ambassador McKenzie to selectively attend to the French diplomat's comment and ignore extraneous sounds in the reception room belongs to the sensory register, which is responsible for processing and transmitting sensory information to the brain for further analysis. Working memory, short-term memory, and long-term memory are higher-order cognitive processes that involve the active manipulation, maintenance, and retrieval of previously processed information.

Ambassador McKenzie Was About to Ask a French Diplomat to Repeat