Tutor profile: Ashley P.

What are the components, their respective function, of Baddley's model of working memory?

visuospatial sketchpad stores visual and spatial information phonological loop store auditory information central executive controls and regulates incoming information episodic buffer creates links between current and long term memory information

John wants to know if his male students and his female students had significantly different test scores on his most recent exam. What statistical test would he use?

John has two groups in this problem, males and female, each with one test score. Therefore he would want to use a two sample t-test to determine if the two groups test scores were significantly different.

Which of the following methods in cognitive neuroscience provides the greatest spatial resolution for measuring brain activity?

Spatial resolution refers to how accurate the method is in terms of location. The most spatially accurate method is fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging).