How is working memory involved in analogical reasoning?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Analogical reasoning requires working memory. Neuroimaging studies show that the prefrontal cortex (middle frontal cortex and anterior frontal gyrus) and inferior parietal cortex are active in analogical reasoning tasks. These areas of the brain are associated with working memory and attention. However, when working memory load is increased, additional activation occurs in the left anterior prefrontal cortex suggesting that additional brain areas can be recruited for processing analogies.
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What will patients tend to do when faced with this type of information? a) They will make risk-averse decisions and select Procedure A. b) They will tend to rely on the representativeness heuristic in making their decisions. c) They will not recognize that the two items are identical and will select Procedure B. d) They will focus on the size of the number associated with Procedure B and select it.
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A. People are not as healthy after retirement. B. People tend to forego retirement. C. People are living longer after retirement. D. People receive unrestricted benefits from the government.