While a physical therapist is watching her patient's gait, a status message flashes on the corner of the treadmill screen for about half a second and disappears. She was looking at the screen area at the time but afterwards has no awareness that any message appeared. In which stage of the information-processing pathway was this message held and then lost?

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Sensory register, which holds an unfiltered copy for under one second

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Long-term memory, which stores information for a lifetime

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Working memory, which holds about 7 +/- 2 items for 15-30 seconds

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Response selection, where the decision about what to do is made

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Response execution, where the movement is carried out

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