Results from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (2000) show that healthy aging is accompanied by ____.?
a. ?a significant and rapid decline in the speed of learning and problem solving
b. ?a steady and debilitating decline in cognition, vision, and hearing from age 50 onward
c. ?mild changes in the speed of learning and problem solving and that most of these observable changes occur very late in life
d. ?deep changes in intellect and sensory capacities, some of which are remediable
ANSWER:
c
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