Which of the following best describes a real-life example of the delayed-response task?
A)After reading and studying on Sunday afternoon, you take a cognitive neuroscience exam on Monday morning.
B)After looking up the phone number of a local pizza place, you walk across the room to the telephone and begin dialing it.
C)After staring intently at a bright streetlamp, you notice that there is an afterimage of the light even when you move your eyes to another location.
D)Every time you visit the doctor to receive a shot, she gives you a cherry lollipop. After several visits you find that the taste of cherry lollipops makes you anxious.

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In the delayed-response task, a subject is asked to perform a task after a delay, during which they must maintain information in short-term memory to successfully complete the task. In this real-life example, the task is looking up a phone number and then dialing it, which requires the subject to maintain the information in short-term memory while they walk across the room to the telephone.

Which of the Following Best Describes a Real-Life Example of the Delayed-Response