Travis is taking a new medicine that has a side effect of disrupting his short-term storage. Based on this fact,you know that Travis will have difficultly recalling
A) a photograph he saw less than a second ago.
B) a phone number he heard 15 seconds ago.
C) the multiplication tables he learned in third grade.
D) how to ride his bicycle.

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Short-term memory is responsible for holding a small amount of information in mind in an active, readily available state for a short period of time. Difficulty recalling a phone number he heard 15 seconds ago directly relates to a disruption in short-term memory storage, as this type of memory would typically be used to retain and recall such recent information.

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