As aging occurs, what happens to people's ability to concentrate on a task for an extended period of time?
In laboratory tests, older and younger adults were presented with a series of stimuli and were required to press a key only when they saw a particular pattern. Compared to younger adults, how did older adults do on this task? Older adults ____.
a. responded more quickly and made fewer errors
b. responded more slowly, but made fewer errors
c. responded more quickly, but made more errors
d. responded more slowly and made more errors
Answer: D
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