Frequent media multitaskers, who are accustomed to continuously shifting their attention between tasks,
A) experience greater activity in the hippocampus, which plays a vital role in explicit memory.
B) experience no difficulty applying their learning to new problems.
C) have a harder time filtering out irrelevant stimuli when they are not multitasking.
D) have an easier time ignoring irrelevant stimuli when they are not multitasking.
C
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