Now that Helen is over 60, it seems as if her old memories are getting in the way of her more recent memories. What is likely causing Helen to experience this?

A. Decline in the central executive
B. Decay in the memory traces
C. Complexity of the schemas
D. Context of the encoding


Answer: A

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