The central executive in working memory is hypothesized to have the function of ______.

A) directing the flow of information
B) controlling an unlimited amount of resources and capacity
C) carrying out subvocal rehearsal to maintain verbal material in memory
D) maintaining visual material in memory through visualization

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Bella Rohachova · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : A, Explanation :  The central executive in working memory is primarily responsible for directing the flow of information, including focusing attention, integrating information, and managing the activities of the phonological loop and visuospatial sketchpad, which are involved in verbal and visual information respectively. It does not have unlimited resources and capacity, nor does it directly carry out subvocal rehearsal or maintain visual material through visualization; those functions are attributed to the phonological loop and visuospatial sketchpad components of working memory.

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