Recalling the stunning visual images of a Broadway musical and holding them in working memory would most clearly require activation of the
A) basal ganglia
B) right frontal lobe.
C) cerebellum.
D) amygdala

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The right frontal lobe plays a key role in visual and spatial working memory. Holding visual images of a musical in working memory requires this type of memory processing, thus indicating activation of the right frontal lobe. The basal ganglia are involved in movement and learning; the cerebellum in coordinating movement and balance; and the amygdala in fear and emotion processing, none of which are as directly related to visual working memory.

Recalling the Stunning Visual Images of a Broadway Musical and Holding