The researcher Timothy Salthouse suggests that if people are mentally active all of their lives they enter late adulthood with
a) a higher IQ.
b) a "cognitive reserve" that allows them to continue to perform at a relatively high mental level.
c) learned practice skills that help the elderly "use it or lose it."
d) the knowledge of how to find and take advantage of adequate or proper mental stimulation.
b
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a. true b. false