Q9 - As regards memory, the brain responds best to

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Question Type:
Logical Completion ("since ____" = premise, so this is essentially a Strengthen)

Stimulus Breakdown:
The brain is great at memorizing things set to music because of music's repeated patterns. Jokes are emotional like music, but jokes don't help us memorize like music because _____

Answer Anticipation:
If 'jokes' don't have the same effect on memorizing that 'music' does, then 'jokes' must not have the same Causal Trait that 'music' has. So I would anticipate the answer saying "jokes don't tend to have repeated patterns".

Correct Answer:
C

Answer Choice Analysis:
(A) We don't have any idea whether "verbal or at least symbolic content" is harder to memorize.

(B) Length of the joke isn't on topic. We're looking for whether jokes have repeated patterns.

(C) YES, this matches our pre-phrase, and finishes the intended contrast between jokes and music.

(D) Jokes / music are both eliciting emotional responses. We need a MISMATCH between jokes and music.

(E) We get it. Patterns are clutch! But we need to hear you say that "jokes don't have repeated patterns".

Takeaway/Pattern: Many Logical Completion problems work off this Complete the Analogy (or Disanalogy) template. Line up the parts, and figure out what the missing idea should be.

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