Our short-term memory abilities are a function of activity in the:

A. hippocampus
B. amygdala
C. cortex
D. occipital lobe


Answer: C

Psychology

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A. infant-directed speech. B. the innate orienting response. C. fast mapping. D. joint attention.

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a. estrogen b. FSH c. progesterone d. testosterone

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