Regarding short-term memory (STM), which of the following statements is FALSE?
A)Although information can be stored phonetically in STM, it is most often stored in images.
B)In memory experiments, information in short-term memory is gone in 12 to 18 seconds without rehearsal.
C)It is very difficult to do more than one task at a time in STM.
D)STM is very sensitive to interruption, or displacement.

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STM is primarily phonetic (auditory) in nature rather than image-based. Information is often encoded acoustically in short-term memory, rather than in images.

Regarding Short-Term Memory (STM), Which of the Following Statements Is