Recent research into what causes working memory deficits in older adults has found that
a. older adults have more trouble accessing multiple pieces of information.
b. older adults have more trouble juggling all of the information at once.
c. verbal working memory is much more affected than spatial working memory.
d. testing at night improves older adults' performance.
ANSWER: b
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