Question

Dante looks up the names of the great lakes in his textbook. he scans them, and repeats them over and over again in his head while he pulls out a set of notecards to make flash cards. which type of memory and what part of his brain are being used?

Answer 1

The answer to the question is that short-term memory is being used along with the prefrontal lobe to plan and execute that planning of drawing note cards to make flashcards which will help him commit the information to the long-term memory. The prefrontal lobe is situated in front of the frontal lobe.

Answer 2

In the scenario in which Dante looks up the names of the great lakes in his textbook and he scans them, and repeats them over and over again in his head while he pulls out a set of notecards to make flash cards he is using short-term memory and the prefrontal lobe. The prefrontal lobe is located at the front of the frontal lobe and is responsible for complex behaviors, including planning, and greatly contributes to personality development.