The central executive is responsible for all of the following except:
A) coordinating performance on two separate tasks or operations.
B) retrieving information from short-term memory.
C) quickly switching between tasks.
D) selectively attending to specific information and ignoring irrelevant information.

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The central executive is responsible for coordinating performance on multiple tasks, quickly switching between tasks, and selectively attending to specific information. However, it is not responsible for retrieving information from short-term memory; this is the job of the phonological loop and the visuospatial sketchpad.

The Central Executive Is Responsible for All of the Following