Assume that you have been asked to imagine a skier skiing quickly down a mountain. Your ____________ would be responsible for storing and temporarily manipulating this image, whereas your ____________ would allocate the proper amount of attention to this task and allow you to retrieve an image of a skier from your long-term memory and incorporate it into your current visualization.
A)phonological loop; visuospatial sketchpad
B)central executive; visuospatial sketchpad
C)visuospatial sketchpad; central executive
D)visuospatial sketchpad; phonological loop

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The visuospatial sketchpad is part of the working memory that is responsible for holding and manipulating visual and spatial information, making it key for imagining a skier skiing down a mountain. The central executive is responsible for directing attention to relevant tasks, retrieving information from long-term memory, and integrating it into our current thought processes, thus it would manage the allocation of attention and retrieval of images to be incorporated into the visualization.

Assume That You Have Been Asked to Imagine a Skier