Durston and colleagues (2002, 2006) performed experiments in which children had to press a button ("Go") if they saw certain stimuli and avoid pressing the button ("No-go") if they saw another stimulus. Compared to adults, children's brains __________.

A. worked harder to ignore the non-target stimuli
B. could not understand what the non-target stimuli were
C. did not have to work as hard to ignore the non-target stimuli
D. focused exclusively on the non-target stimuli


Answer: A

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