easy · MCAT psych-soc
During a cognitive assessment, a psychologist reads a random string of digits to a patient and asks them to repeat the string back immediately. The patient successfully recalls about 7 digits but struggles when the list grows longer.
This limitation is characteristic of which memory store?
- Short-term memory
- Procedural memory
- Long-term memory
- Sensory memory
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