Suppose you're pitching in a baseball game and facing a good hitter. You remember that you struck him out with a fastball the last time he was up. You also remember that your coach told you to always try to be unpredictable, so you decide to throw a curve ball this time. In making this decision, you are primarily using your _________.
A) central executive
B) fight-or-flight response
C) modality-specific memory
D) long-term potentiation

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The central executive is responsible for making decisions and planning actions based on past experiences and current information. In this scenario, the decision to throw a curveball instead of a fastball is based on past experience of striking the batter out with a fastball and current information such as the situation in the game and the hitter's tendencies. The fight-or-flight response, modality-specific memory, and long-term potentiation are not relevant to this decision.

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