Research evidence indicates that the oldest adults have more irrelevant thoughts during processing tasks and have more trouble keeping these irrelevant thoughts out of mind. This is evidence of

A. a decrease in intelligence.
B. inhibitory loss.
C. a decrease in overall memory space.
D. a decrease in sensory memory.


Answer: B

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